Man wants Judge Mohammed Warsame probed, fired

A Kenyan has petitioned the Judicial Service
Commission to investigate the conduct of Court of Appeal judge Mohammed
Warsame with a view of removing him.

In
the petition filed before JSC on Tuesday, Mr Wardere Mohamud Bule
alleges that Justice Warsame has breached the Judicial Code of Conduct
through acts he considers as gross.

Mr
Bule alleges that the judge, who is also a member of the JSC, has been
in close relationship with Senior Counsel Ahmednassir Abdullahi, and
whom he allegedly assists in fixing benches to hear his matters as well
as a conduit for bribes.

The JSC has
been swamped with petitions seeking removal of judges, especially after
the Supreme Court concluded the hearing of election petitions, arising
from the 2017 general election.

Three
other petitions were filed recently— two seeking the removal of four
judges of the Supreme Court while one is seeking the firing of Chief
Justice David Maraga.

So far, the
commission is hearing complaints against 11 judges, two of them from the
Supreme Court, while the rest are High Court Judges.

Mr Bule has promised to furnish the commission with details of the improper contacts between Justice Warsame and Mr Abdullahi.

He
claims that the judge would receive bribes for onward transmission to
his colleagues, to influence the outcome of the cases before the court.

He has listed a number of cases, where judges were allegedly compromised and the amounts alleged to have been paid.

“The
petitioner prays that the JSC finds that the conduct of Justice
Mohammed Warsame is in breach of judicial code of conduct,” reads part
of the petition.