{"id":10272,"date":"2020-07-21T09:24:12","date_gmt":"2020-07-21T13:24:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/darajapress.com\/?p=10272"},"modified":"2021-03-04T17:02:00","modified_gmt":"2021-03-04T22:02:00","slug":"former-chief-justice-of-kenya-speaks-about-covid-19-and-justice","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/darajapress.com\/staging\/former-chief-justice-of-kenya-speaks-about-covid-19-and-justice\/","title":{"rendered":"Former Chief Justice of Kenya speaks about Covid-19 and justice"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1707\" height=\"2560\" src=\"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/darajapress.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Justice-Mutunga-scaled.jpg?fit=670%2C1005&amp;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-10273\" srcset=\"https:\/\/darajapress.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Justice-Mutunga-scaled.jpg 1707w, https:\/\/darajapress.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Justice-Mutunga-scaled-150x225.jpg 150w, https:\/\/darajapress.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Justice-Mutunga-scaled-300x450.jpg 300w, https:\/\/darajapress.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Justice-Mutunga-683x1024.jpg 683w, https:\/\/darajapress.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Justice-Mutunga-768x1152.jpg 768w, https:\/\/darajapress.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Justice-Mutunga-1024x1536.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/darajapress.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Justice-Mutunga-1365x2048.jpg 1365w, https:\/\/darajapress.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Justice-Mutunga-140x210.jpg 140w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1707px) 100vw, 1707px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-youtube wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Former Chief Justice of Kenya speaks about Covid-19 and justice\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/3FiNyf2zFdI?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-soundcloud wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-soundcloud wp-embed-aspect-4-3 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\nhttps:\/\/soundcloud.com\/darajapress\/former-chief-justice-of-kenya-speaks-about-covid-19-and-justice\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Willy Mutunga is the retired Chief Justice of Kenya and President of the Supreme Court of Kenya <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">On 29 July 1982, he was detained, just three days before 1 August 1982 abortive coup by the Air Force. He was also dismissed from his University of Nairobi job.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Founder of many important institutions in Kenya including the Kenya Human Rights Commission. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">He was appointed Chief Justice of Kenya and President of the Supreme Court of Kenya in 2011, and retired from the at post in 2016.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">He is currently working on projects by both artist and social justice movements. He was the Commonwealth Special Envoy to the Maldives. He is also an active member of the Justice Leadership Group. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Willy Mutunga is the retired Chief Justice of Kenya and President of the Supreme Court of Kenya On 29 July 1982, he was detained, just three days before 1 August 1982 abortive coup by the Air Force. He was also dismissed from his University of Nairobi job. 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