Dennis Mogambi Mong'are v. Attorney General, Minister for Justice & Constitutional Affairs, Judges & Magistrates Vetting Board & Judicial Service Commission

IN THE COURT OF APPEAL

AT NAIROBI

(CORAM: KIAGE, MURGOR, SICHALE, J. MOHAMMED and ODEK, JJ.A)

CIVIL APPEAL NO. 123 OF 2012

BETWEEN

DENNIS MOGAMBI MONG’ARE.......................................................... APPELLANT

AND

ATTORNEY GENERAL.......................................................1^ST RESPONDENT

MINISTER FOR JUSTICE AND

CONSTITUTIONAL AFFAIRS ..........................................2^ND RESPONDENT

JUDGES AND MAGISTRATES VETTING BOARD....................... 3^RD RESPONDENT

JUDICIAL SERVICE COMMISSION ..........................................4^TH RESPONDENT

(Being an Appeal from the Judgment and Decree of the High Court of Kenya at Nairobi ( Ngugi, Majanja and Odunga, JJ.) dated 18^th November, 2011)

in

H.C Petition No. 146 of 2011)

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JUDGMENT OF KIAGE J.A.

This appeal is inextricably linked to a related appeal dealing with the question of vetting of judges and magistrates, to wit, Law Society of Kenya v. The Centre for Human Rights and Democracy and 13 Others [20…