This man Justice Ojwang who refused to answer interview questions

Justice Jackton Ojwang is a brave man who refused to answer some questions by Justice Mohammed Wasame during interviews for the position of chief justice, terming them ‘private issues’.

Prof Ojwang is not new to controversy.

He was admitted as an advocate of the High Court of Kenya in September 1983.

He joined the Judiciary of Kenya in 2003, serving as a high court judge in Nairobi and Mombasa until 2011.

In June 2012, Ojwang was among 5 Justices nominated to the Supreme Court of Kenya by the Judicial Service Commission, which had interviewed 25 applicants.

He was one of the six judges who dismissed the presidential election petition of March 30, 2013.

When former Chief Justice Willy Mutunga retired from the Office of Chief Justice in June 2016, Ojwang was one of ten people who applied to replace him.

He was initially left out of the shortlist and interview schedule prepared by the Judicial Service Commission but was later invited to interview for the job following a constitutional court case in which the Judicial Service Commission was compelled to interview all applicants who had met the minimum statutory requirements for the job.

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He was interviewed but was overlooked for the job, with Court of Appeal Judge David Maraga receiving the nomination by the Commission.

At the conclusion of the 2017 presidential election petition, Justice Ojwang’s rendered a dissenting opinion alongside Lady Justice Njoki Ndung’u, saying there was not enough evidence to meet the threshold to annul the Kenyan presidential election held on August 8, 2017.

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