The Bernard Chunga Tribunal was a tribunal set up to investigate the then
Chief Justice Bernard Chunga
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.
Early career
Justice Chunga previously wor ...
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Terms of reference
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 ...
established a tribunal which was going to probe allegations that he:
* had planned, condoned and carried out torture;
* had been corrupt;
* had interfered with judges.
Membership
The tribunal consisted of:
* Speaker of the National Assembly
Francis ole Kaparo
* Retired judge Justice
Majid Cockar
* Judge of the Court of Appeal Justice
Richard O. Kwach
* Chairman Public Service Commission Eng.
Abdulahi Sharawe
* Senior Counsel
Gibson Kamau Kuria
Gibson Kamau Kuria (born 3 March 1947 in Mahiga Location, Othaya Division, Nyeri District) is a Kenyan lawyer and a recipient of the Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights Award for 1988.
Early education
Kuria started his formal education at Mahig ...
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Resignation
Justice Chunga resigned prior to facing the tribunal.
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
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