Judiciary Denies Reports of Deputy Chief Justice Mwilu and Smokin Wanjala Resignation

The Judiciary has dismissed social media reports alleging the resignation of two Supreme Court judges.

This is after a Twitter account purported to have information about the stepping down of Deputy Chief Justice Philomena Mwilu and Supreme Court judge Smokin Wanjala.

The account alleged that the two judges had submitted resignation notices to the Registrar of the Judicial Service Commission (JSC) with no reasons.

But in a tweet, the Judiciary poured cold water on the reports, terming them as fake.

Justices Mwilu and Wanjala were part of the seven-judge bench of the Supreme Court that upheld President-elect William Ruto’s victory in the August 9th presidential election.

The judges ruled that there was no credible evidence of fraud, interference or failure of the electoral commission’s technology.

The court also held that there were valid reasons for the postponement of the gubernatorial elections in certain areas (some of which were perceived Odinga strongholds) and that there were no grounds to conclude that the postponement had affected voter turnout.