Nairobi — The High Court has suspended a decision by the Law Society of Kenya (LSK) revoking the conferment of the prestigious Senior Counsel status to 22 lawyers including former Vice President Kalonzo Musyoka and former Constitutional Affairs Minister Martha Karua.
In a ruling delivered on Friday, Lady Justice Pauline Nyamweya stopped the Nelson Havi-led council from effecting the decision to revoke the recommendations of the Committee on Senior Counsel made on August 26, 2019, pending, "hearing and determination of the Applicants' substantive Notice of Motion," or until further orders of the Court.
The 9-member Committee on Senior Counsel chaired by Supreme Court judge Justice Mohamed Ibrahim had recommended the awarding of the Senior Counsel title to the 22 members in an exercise that was later contested by a section of lawyers who termed the process flawed.
In her ruling on Friday, Justice Nyamweya asked the lawyers to file and serve the LSK with substantive notices of motion within fourteen days with the matter slated for mention on June 6.
Others are: Deputy Director of Public Prosecutions Dorcas Oduor, family lawyer Judy Thongori, the former chief executive of the defunct Truth Justice and Reconciliation Commission (TJRC) Patricia Nyaundi, Kioko Kilikumi, renowned arbitrator John Ohaga and former Director of Public Prosecutions Philip Murgor.
