Willy Munyoki Mutunga | |
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Chief Justice of Kenya | |
In office 20 June 2011 – 16 June 2016 | |
Nominated by | Judicial Service Commission (Kenya) |
Appointed by | Mwai Kibaki |
Preceded by | Johnson Evan Gicheru |
Succeeded by | David Maraga |
Personal details | |
Born | Kitui District, Kenya Colony | 16 June 1946
Nationality | Kenyan citizenship |
Alma mater | UoN (LL.B) UDSM (LL.M) YorkU (Ph.D) |
Profession | Judge |
Willy Munyoki Mutunga, EGH (born 16 June 1946) is a Kenyan lawyer, intellectual, reform activist, and was the Commonwealth Special Envoy to the Maldives. He is also an active member of the Justice Leadership Group. He is the retired Chief Justice of Kenya and President of the Supreme Court of Kenya.