Supreme Court suspends order requiring Rawal to retire at 70

Deputy Chief Justice Kalpana Rawal will now proceed on retirement

Deputy Chief Justice Kalpana Rawal on November 19, 2015 during the launch of the Judiciary Strategic Plan in Nairobi. FILE PHOTO | EVANS HABIL | NATION MEDIA GROUP 

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The Supreme Court has suspended an order requiring Deputy Chief Justice Kalpana Rawal and other judges to retire at 70 years.

The justices on Friday ruled that Ms Rawal would continue serving pending the determination of an appeal.
Earlier in the day, the Court of Appeal had ruled that Ms Rawal and Justice Philip Tunoi proceed on retirement and that all judges must retire at 70.
“We hereby dismiss the two appeals filed by Judges Rawal and Tunoi. The retirement age of all judges serving under the new constitution is 70,” the Court of Appeal ruled.
They had argued that their retirement age should be 74 years