This archive report was first published on 4 August 2019.
On August 4, 2019, President Uhuru Kenyatta received a report from the Judicial Service Commission (JSC) regarding the conduct of Supreme Court Judge Jackton Ojwang.
The report, which was triggered by a petition made by Nelson Oduor and eight others, claimed varied allegations of misconduct, incompetence, and breach of the judicial code of conduct against the judge.
However, after a thorough investigation by a tribunal comprising Justice (Rtd) Festus Azangalala, Ambrose Weda, Andrew Bahati Mwamuye, Lucy Kambuni, Sylvia Wanjiku Muchiri, and Amina Abdalla, chaired by Justice Alnashir Visram, the tribunal declared Judge Ojwang innocent.
According to Justice Visram, "After adducing and analysing all the allegations made against the Honorable Justice, the verdict is that the Judge is innocent... and he should resume his duties immediately."
The tribunal's investigation involved sieving through evidence presented by 25 witnesses, including allegations of close association with Migori County Government and its Governor Okoth Obado.
Specifically, Judge Ojwang was accused of authoring a judgment in respect to the Sony sugar belt and being rewarded by Obado, who allegedly constructed the road to the judge's private residence on the outskirts of Migori town.
