This archive report was first published on 4 August 2019.
On August 4, 2019, President Uhuru Kenyatta received the report of the tribunal investigating Supreme Court Judge Justice Jackton Boma Ojwang at State House in Nairobi.
The tribunal, led by Justice Alnashir Visram, found that the evidence presented against Justice Ojwang did not meet the threshold to warrant his removal from the bench.
Chairman of the Tribunal Justice Alnashir Visram stated, "After adducing and analysing all the allegations made against the Honorable Justice, the unanimous verdict is that the Judge of the Supreme Court Justice Jackton Ojwang is innocent of all the allegations made against him and that he should resume his duties immediately."
The investigation was initiated in response to a request by the Judicial Service Commission (JSC) made on March 19, 2019, following a petition by Mr. Nelson Oduor and eight others.
The tribunal considered evidence presented by 25 witnesses and applicable legal principles before arriving at the conclusion that Justice Ojwang was innocent.
President Kenyatta thanked the tribunal for executing its mandate judiciously, saying, "You have done very well in promoting human justice."
Other members of the tribunal present during the presentation of the report included Lucy Kambuni, Justice (Rtd) Festus Azangalala, Ambrose Weda, Andrew Bahati Mwamuye, Sylvia Muchiri, and Amina Abdalla.
