DAVID MARAGA'S APPOINTMENT AS KENYA'S CJ TO BE CHALLENGED

Some residents of Ainamoi constituency have prepared two petitions to present to the National Assembly opposing the appointment of Court of Appeal Judge David Maraga as the new Chief Justice.
The residents based their petitions on a ruling delivered by Justice Maraga in a case on the killing of David Kimutai Too, then Ainamoi MP.
The judge, then based at the High Court in Nakuru, reduced the murder charge against the accused to manslaughter and jailed him for 10 years.
The accused, Andrew Moeche Omwenga, was charged with killing Mr Too and traffic police officer Eunice Chepkwony in Eldoret town on January 31, 2008.
The petitions have been prepared by Emmanuel Korir, a parliamentary aspirant, and Tom Biegon, an aide to Ainamoi MP Benjamin Langat.