Bernard Chunga is a Kenyan lawyer and a former
Chief Justice of Kenya. Justice Chunga resigned from the office on 26 February 2003 paving the way for the appointment of Justice
Johnson Evans Gicheru
Johnson Evan Gicheru (died 25 December 2020) was a Kenyan lawyer and a Chief Justice of Kenya. He was appointed by President Mwai Kibaki upon his election in 2003. He was the 12th Chief Justice of the Republic of Kenya and served the longest term b ...
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Early career
Justice Chunga previously worked as Deputy Public Prosecutor. As Deputy Public Prosecutor, he was the lead counsel in the commission of Inquiry into
Robert Ouko’s death which was led by Justice
Evans Gicheru. He was also the prosecutor at the trial of
Jonah Anguka, a former DC implicated in Ouko murder.
Tribunal and Resignation
Rather than facing a
tribunal established by the newly elected President
Mwai Kibaki
Emilio Stanley Mwai Kibaki (15 November 1931 – 21 April 2022) was a Kenyan politician who served as the third President of Kenya from December 2002 until April 2013 and is regarded as one of Kenya's founding fathers.
He had previously ser ...
to investigate alleged misconduct, Justice Chunga resigned.
See also
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Chief Justice of Kenya
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Court of Appeal of Kenya
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High Court of Kenya
The High Court of Kenya is a court of unlimited original jurisdiction in criminal and civil matters established under article 165 of the constitution of Kenya
The Constitution of Kenya is the supreme lawof the Republic of Kenya. There have b ...
References
Living people
20th-century Kenyan judges
21st-century Kenyan judges
Chief justices of Kenya
1949 births
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