Five judges to hear Rawal’s retirement case

Rawal wants the Judicial Service Commission stopped from continuing the process of securing her replacement arguing that as she was employed prior to the promulgation of the Constitution/FILE

The bench will be headed by Justice Richard Mwongo who is the Principal Judge of the High Court. The other judges are Weldon Korir, Hedwig Ongudi, Christine Meoli and Charles Kariuki.

Last week Justice Isaac Lenaola referred the matter to Chief Justice Willy Mutunga for the empanelling of a bench

Lenaola ruled that Rawal had convincingly demonstrated that her case goes beyond an employer- employee dispute and has raised questions of law.

Rawal wants the Judicial Service Commission stopped from continuing the process of securing her replacement arguing that as she was employed prior to the promulgation of the Constitution, she should retire at 74 and not 70 years of age.

The JSC had served Rawal with a retirement notice and invited suitable candidates to apply for her position.

JSC said they wanted the recruitment to begin and conclude early to avoid a vacuum when Rawal leaves on January 16, next year.

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With a decade of storytelling under her belt, Olive Burrows has been with Capital FM for the last four years and perhaps most notably interviewed US President Barack Obama. Committed to asking the hard questions and telling the story in the most engaging way possible, she has also interviewed Melinda Gates, a UK Minister and severally had the opportunity to sit across from President Uhuru Kenyatta and address the pressing issues of the day. Other notables she has had occasion to seek answers from are UN Secretary General António Guterres and John Kerry in his time as US Secretary of State.

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