New chairman of the senior counsel bar veteran legal mind Philip Murgor who took over as chairman yesterday following the end of thirteen years of professor Fred Ojiambo senior counsel castigated the George Murugara amendment bill of section 17 which now transfers the appointment powers to president who may misuse the powers to appoint his decorated cronies as senior counsel for political gainsas opposed to best minds in the profession.
The coveted senior counsel bar currently has sixty six members.According to law society president Faith Odhiambo and her deputy Mwaura Kabata the bill should be withdrawn immediately and the powers to confer left to the legal proffesion.
The society leadership and senior counsel bar chairman spoke during the official opening of the annual law society conference held in Diani kwale county bringing together over fourteen hundred lawyers and advocates and senior counsels lead by the former vice president kalonzo Musyoka who graced the conference alongside the attorney general of Kenya.
Themmed protecting the rule of law and constitutionalism the conference which gives attendees four CPD points comes to an end on Saturday celebrating a milestone in the legal proffesion.
