The search for Mutunga succession continues today with Justice Roselyn Nambuye expected to face the JSC.
Education and Career.
Justice Roselyn Nambuye attended Lugulu Girls in Bungoma and thereafter pursued a Bachelor of Laws degree at the University of Nairobi in 1973 and graduated with an Upper Second Class Honours.
In 1976, she proceeded to the Kenya School of Law for a diploma in Law.
Her career begun after her graduation from the Kenya School of Law in 1976, she was posted to Marsabit as a District Officer III, but advanced to District Officer II in less than two years.
In 1980, she joined the Bench as a District Magistrate and worked in Nairobi, Nakuru, Kericho, Eldoret, Kisumu and several other stations.
A quick rise through the ranks would propel Justice Roselyn Nambuye to the Acting Resident Magistrate position before she advanced to Resident Magistrate, Senior Resident Magistrate, the first woman Principal Magistrate and ultimately the first woman Chief Magistrate.
In 1991, she was appointed the third female judge in the High Court of Kenya and in 2011 she was appointed to the Court of Appeal.
Justice Roselyn Nambuye serves as the Chairperson of the Kenya Women and Judge’s Association that has continued to press for the hiring of more women judges. She is happy with the transformation at the Bench.
In 2003, the Integrity and Anti-corruption Committee of the Judiciary that had been established to rid the Bench of those deemed to have been implicated in corruption ruled that she was unfit to serve and recommended she be removed from office as part of an exercise then referred to as radical surgery.
However, she challenged this decision by the Justice Aaron Ringera-led team and was reinstated by former President Mwai Kibaki even before the tribunal completed its investigation.
Justice Roselyn Nambuye is favoured to take over from Justice Kalpana Rawal who has reached the retirement age of 70. As of 2016, Justice Nambuye is 64 years old and can comfortably serve in that capacity.