Why the choice of next chief justice matters to enterprise

Last week’s announcement by Chief Justice David Maraga that he would be proceeding on terminal leave this week and that he had appointed his beleaguered deputy, Philomena Mwilu, to hold the reins of power in acting capacity pending the recruitment and appointment of a new chief justice pushed the jostling for the coveted position a notch.

No sooner had the announcement been made than names of possible successors started flooding the media space. The purpose of this piece is not to comment on the suitability or otherwise of the candidates whose names have been bandied about but rather to propose the kind of chief justice that would be good for business and the economic progress of the country.