Honorific-Prefix: | Justice |
Zacchaeus Chesoni | |
Honorific-Suffix: | E.G.H. |
Office: | 10th Chief Justice of Kenya |
Term End: | 1999 |
Appointer: | Daniel Arap Moi |
Predecessor: | Abdul Majid Cockar |
Successor: | Bernard Chunga |
Birth Date: | 1 January 1936 |
Birth Place: | Western Kenya |
Death Place: | Nairobi Hospital, Nairobi |
Restingplace: | Webuye, Western Kenya |
Birthname: | Zacchaeus Chesoni |
Nationality: | Kenyan |
Occupation: | Chief Justice of Kenya |
Profession: | Judge |
Zacchaeus Chesoni (born c. 1936 - 5 September 1999[1]) was Chief Justice of Kenya and chairman of the Electoral Commission.[2] Chesoni hails from the Kabras sub tribe Bamachina clan close to Chimoi area around Webuye.