THE CHIEF JUSTICE (THE HON MR. JUSTICE J. E. GICHERU)

JUDGES OF APPEAL

THE HON. MR JUSTICE RIAGA S C OMOLO THE HON. MR JUSTICE PHILIP K TUNOI THE HON. MR JUSTICE SAMWEL E O BOSIRE THE HON. MR JUSTICE EMMANUEL O’KUBASU THE HON. MR JUSTICE ERASTUS M GITHINJI THE HON. MR JUSTICE PHILIP N WAKI THE HON. MR JUSTICE JOHN WALTER ONYANGO-OTIENO THE HON. MR JUSTICE WILLIAM S DEVERELL THE HON. MR JUSTICE DANIEL K. S. AGANYANYA THE HON. LADY JUSTICE JOYCE ALUOCH

JUDGES OF THE HIGH COURT

THE HON. MR JUSTICE B K ARAP TANUI THE HON. MR JUSTICE JOHN A OSIEMO THE HON. MR JUSTICE JOHN W MWERA THE HON. MR JUSTICE JOHN M KHAMONI THE HON. LADY JUSTICE R. NAMBUYE THE HON. LADY JUSTICE MARY A ANG’AWA THE HON. MR JUSTICE HATARI P G WAWERU THE HON. LADY JUSTICE KALPANA H RAWAL THE HON. MR JUSTICE ALNASHIR R M VISRAM THE HON. LADY JUSTICE JEANNE W GACHECHE THE HON. MR JUSTICE DAVID ONYANCHA THE HON. MR JUSTICE NICHOLAS R O OMBIJA THE HON. MR JUSTICE MUGA APONDI THE HON. LADY JUSTICE JESSIE W LESIIT THE HON. MR JUSTICE PHILLIP J RANSLEY THE HON. MR JUSTICE JOSEPH G NYAMU THE HON. MR JUSTICE JOSEPH K SERGON THE HON. LADY JUSTICE HANNAH M OKWENGU THE HON. LADY JUSTICE JOYCE N KHAMINWA THE HON. MR JUSTICE LEONARD NJAGI THE HON. MR JUSTICE ONESMUS K MUTUNGI THE HON. MR JUSTICE BENJAMIN P KUBO THE HON. MR JUSTICE GEORGE B M KARIUKI THE HON. MR JUSTICE MOHAMMED K IBRAHIM THE HON. LADY JUSTICE MARTHA K KOOME THE HON. LADY JUSTICE ROSELINE P V WENDO THE HON. MR JUSTICE KABURU BAUNI (Died April 18, 2008) THE HON. MR JUSTICE JACKTON B OJWANG THE HON. MR JUSTICE PAUL K KARIUKI THE HON. MR JUSTICE DAVID K MARAGA THE HON. LADY JUSTICE MARY M KASANGO THE HON. MR JUSTICE DANIEL K MUSINGA THE HON. MR JUSTICE ISAACK LENAOLA THE HON. MR JUSTICE MATHEW J A EMUKULE THE HON. MR JUSTICE FESTUS AZANGALALA THE HON. LADY JUSTICE MURUGI G MUGO THE HON. MR JUSTICE FREDERICK A OCHIENG’ THE HON. MR JUSTICE MILTON S A MAKHANDIA THE HON. MR JUSTICE LUKA K KIMARU THE HON. MR JUSTICE ABUDULLAHI WARSAME THE HON. MR JUSTICE WILLIAM OUKO THE HON. LADY JUSTICE WANJIRU KARANJA THE HON. LADY JUSTICE RUTH N SITATI THE HON. MR JUSTICE GEORGE M A DULU THE HON. MR JUSTICE JOSEPH R. KARANJA THE HON. LADY JUSTICE HELEN OMONDI THE HON. LADY JUSTICE NANCY OGINDE THE HON. LADY JUSTICE PHILOMENA MBETE MWILU

REGISTRAR OF THE HIGH COURT

THE HON. MRS LYDIA A. ACHODE

CHIEF COURT ADMINISTRATOR

THE HON. MR. STEPHEN M. KIBUNJA

THE HON. MR JUSTICE JOHNSON EVAN GICHERU, E.G.H., E.B.S.

THE CHIEF JUSTICE OF THE REPUBLIC OF KENYA

Appointments:
Judge of the High Court: 1982
Judge of Appeal: June 8, 1988
Chief Justice: February 21, 2003

 The Honourable Mr. Justice Johnson Evan Gicheru was appointed Judge of the High Court of Kenya in 1982. After 6 years as a puisne Judge, Mr. Justice Gicheru was appointed as a Judge of the Court of Appeal on 8 th June, 1988, where he served until 21 st February, 2003 when he was appointed the Chief Justice of the Republic of Kenya. Prior to his judicial appointment, Mr. Justice Gicheru had worked as Senior State Counsel in the Office of the Attorney-General and as an administrative officer in the Office of the President.

The Chief Justice is remembered for his firm and judicious Chairing of the 1990-91 Judicial Commission of Inquiry into the Disappearance and Death of the then Minister for Foreign Affairs, Dr. Robert Ouko.

At the time when he was appointed to the office of Chief Justice, Kenya’s Judiciary was on the spotlight of the national and international media and on the threshold of judicial reforms on a scale not previously witnessed elsewhere in the modern world. “ Steering the Judiciary through these unprecedented reforms and thereafter keeping abreast of contemporary best practices in the administration of justice has been a great challenge”, he says.

The Chief Justice is also renowned for his efforts in entrenching integrity within the Judiciary, streamlining the processes of the Court, the independence of judicial officers as well as the operational and financial independence of the Judiciary as an arm of the government.

Mr. Justice Gicheru is married to Mrs. Margaret Gicheru and they have 7 children.