Kitili Maluki Mwendwa is a former
Chief Justice of Kenya
The Chief Justice of Kenya is the head of the Judiciary of Kenya and President of the Supreme Court of Kenya and is an office established under Article 161 of the Kenyan Constitution. The Chief Justice is assisted by the Deputy Chief Justice w ...
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He served between 1968–1971 and was succeeded by
Sir James Wicks.
Mwendwa, who was from Kitui, was the first African to become Chief Justice of Kenya.
His brother,
Ngala Mwendwa, served as Kenya's first Minister of Labour from 1963 to 1974.
See also
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Court of Appeal of Kenya
The Court of Appeal of Kenya is established under Article 164 of the constitution of Kenya and consists of a number of judges, being not fewer than twelve.
The court handles appeals arising over the decisions of the High Court of Kenya, the ...
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High Court of Kenya
References
Year of birth missing (living people)
Living people
20th-century Kenyan judges
Chief justices of Kenya
People from Kitui County
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