Former Chief Justice Evans Gicheru dies
By K24 Editorial, December 26, 2020Former Chief Justice Evans Gicheru is dead.
Gicheru died on Friday morning (December 25), outgoing Chief Justice David Maraga confirmed in a statement.
Maraga, in his statement, did not reveal the ex-CJ’s cause of death, or whether he had been in hospital.
“The Kenya and Judiciary family have lost a steadfast public servant, selfless professional and humble human being,” Maraga said in the statement.
Evans Gicheru, who was first appointed a judge of the High Court in 1982, served as Kenya’s Chief Justice between February 21, 2003 and February 2011.