Mohamed Khadhar Ibrahim

Mohamed Khadhar Ibrahim is a Kenyan lawyer and an Associate justice of the Supreme Court of Kenya.

Supreme Court Judge Interviews

In June 2012, he was among 5 Justices nominated to the Supreme Court of Kenya by the Judicial Service Commission (Kenya) which had interviewed 25 applicants.^[1]

Supreme Court Career

When the first round of the presidential election took place on March 4, 2013. Uhuru Kenyatta was declared the president-elect of Kenya by the Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission. Raila Odinga challenged this in the Supreme Court of Kenya.He was one of the six judges who dismissed the petition on March 30, 2013.

Vetting

After an initial round of vetting, the Kenya Judges and Magistrates Vetting Board found Justice Ibrahim unfit to serve due to a tendency to delay judgments and rulings while serving as a High Court judge. He was however found suitable to serve after fresh vetting.^[2]

See also

• Supreme Court of Kenya

References

Supreme Court of Kenya The Court Decisions Procedure History Court Building Current membership Chief Justice and President of the Court Willy Mutunga Deputy Chief Justice and Deputy President of the Court Kalpana Rawal Associate Justices Philip Kiptoo Tunoi Jackton Boma Ojwang Mohamed Khadhar Ibrahim Smokin Wanjala Njoki Susanna Ndung'u Other countries Law Portal