PREMIUM IPOA chair job row: Questions over Ruto nominee’s law credentials Documents submitted to the committee show that he has not sat Bar exams. News Just now
Despite legal experts - Law Society of Kenya President Senior Counsel (SC) Charles Kanjama and former Attorney-General Prof Githu Muigai - raising concerns over the missing mandatory credentials, a parliamentary committee rushed to approve the nominee for the job.
Documents submitted to the committee show that he is not a member of the Law Society of Kenya (LSK) and has not sat Bar exams, the Advocates Training Programme (ATP) and passed, a mandatory requirement before one is admitted as an advocate of the High Court of Kenya.
Article 162 (2) of the constitution provides that each judge of a superior court shall be appointed from among persons who hold a law degree from a recognized university or are advocates of the High Court of Kenya or possess an equivalent qualification in a common-law jurisdiction.
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