GAZETTE NOTICE NO. 1949

PURSUANT TO ARTICLE 168 (9) (a) OF THE CONSTITUTION IN THE MATTER OF THE TRIBUNAL TO INQUIRE INTO THE CONDUCT OF THE HON. JUSTICE MOHAMMED NOOR KULLOW, JUDGE OF THE ENVIRONMENT AND LAND COURT OF KENYA WHEREAS, Petitions were filed with the Judicial Service Commission by various litigants, including Mara Rafiki Limited, Allan C. Kibet and Wilson N. Naisi, regarding the conduct of Hon. Mr. Justice Mohamed Noor Kullow, Judge of the Environment and Land Court of Kenya (“Hon. Judge”); WHEREAS, the complaints emanated from alleged delay, incompetence and gross misconduct on the part of the Hon. Judge in delivering rulings and judgments while presiding over the Narok Environment and Land Court, and following receipt of the complaints, the Judicial Service Commission resolved to initiate an own motion inquiry on the conduct of the Hon. Judge; WHEREAS, upon consideration of the complaints, the Judicial Service Commission arrived at a determination that a prima facie case had been established against the Hon. Judge on the allegations of gross misconduct, incompetence, misbehavior, and breach of the Judicial Service (Code of Conduct and Ethics) Regulations, 2020, whereupon the Judicial Service Commission, in accordance with Article 168 (4) of the Constitution, transmitted to the President Petitions numbers 129 of 2019, 2 of 2021, 1 of 2023, and 9 of 2022, all dated the 26th February, 2024; WHEREAS, pursuant to Article 168 (5) of the Constitution, the President, vide