Bernard Chunga Explained

Honorific-Prefix:Justice
Benard Chunga
Honorific-Suffix:E.G.H.
Office:11th Chief Justice of Kenya
Term End:26 February 2003
Appointer:Daniel Arap Moi
Predecessor:Zacchaeus Chesoni
Successor:Johnson Gicheru
Birth Date:1 January 1949
Birthname:Benard Chunga
Nationality:Kenyan
Occupation:Chief Justice of Kenya
Profession:Judge

Bernard Chunga is a Kenyan lawyer and a former Chief Justice of Kenya.[1] Justice Chunga resigned from the office on 26 February 2003 paving the way for the appointment of Justice Johnson Evans Gicheru.

Early career

Justice Chunga previously worked as Deputy Public Prosecutor. As Deputy Public Prosecutor, he was the lead counsel in the commission of Inquiry into Robert Ouko’s death which was led by Justice Evans Gicheru. He was also the prosecutor at the trial of Jonah Anguka, a former DC implicated in Ouko murder.[2]

Tribunal and Resignation

See main article: Bernard Chunga Tribunal. Rather than facing a tribunal established by the newly elected President Mwai Kibaki to investigate alleged misconduct, Justice Chunga resigned.[3]

See also

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Archived copy . 2012-12-29 . https://web.archive.org/web/20141129041616/http://www.judiciary.go.ke/portal/assets/downloads/reports/The%20history%20of%20Kenya%20Judiciary.pdf . 2014-11-29 . dead .
  2. Web site: The Standard - Breaking News, Kenya News, World News and Videos.
  3. News: Kenya's chief justice resigns. 26 February 2003.