President Kenyatta Suspends Justice Mutava President Uhuru Kenyatta has suspended Justice Joseph Mutava over allegations of misconduct after forming a tribunal to probe him. This follows a recommendation by the Judicial Service Commission made on May 17. The JSC sub-committee investigating Justice Mutava asked the President to appoint a tribunal to investigate the conduct of the judge on the basis of three out of the nine complaints that the Law Society of Kenya (LSK) had filed against him. A statement signed by JSC deputy chairperson Prof Christine Mango said the commission was satisfied that the complaints disclosed sufficient grounds to petition the President to appoint a tribunal to investigate the conduct of Justice Mutava. The LSK filed the complaint against Justice Mutava following a ruling by the Judge terminating the Sh5.8 billion Goldenberg scandal case against businessman Kamlesh Pattni. The ruling caused a public uproar with civil society and legal rights activists including the International Center for Policy and Conflict (ICPC) and LSK questioning the judge's credibility and describing his decision to acquit Patni as being a 'miscarriage of justice.'.
