Chief Justice David Maraga steered clear of DCJ Philomena Mwilu when he presided over the swearing-in of the National Gender Equality Commissioners on Wednesday.
He dodged questions from journalists but said DPP Noordin Haji informed him before Mwilu’s arrest.
Maraga urged the newly appointed commissioners to carry out their constitutional responsibility for the good of the country.
“Let the entire country move together and let us leave no one behind,” he said during the ceremony held at the Supreme Court.
Former Rongo University chairperson Joyce Mutinda, Mureithi Chomba, and former Nyeri woman representative Priscilla Nyokabi were sworn-in as new NGEC commissioners.
Former Gender commission chairperson Winfred Lichuma and her team of commissioners left office last year.
Maraga spoke at a time panic has swept the Judiciary following Mwilu’s arrest on Tuesday for corruption, failure to pay tax, and improper dealings with Imperial Bank – now in receivership.
The charges were suspended by Justice Chacha Mwita in a decision reached after the DCJ’s lawyers sought orders to block her prosecution in the matter.
Mwilu becomes the topmost judge to be arrested in the ongoing corruption purge in the public service.