LSK appeals in Supreme Court over ruling granting IG power to recruit police officers
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The Law Society of Kenya (LSK) moved to challenge a Court of Appeal judgment affirming the Inspector General of Police’s authority to recruit uniformed police officers.
In a notice of appeal filed in Civil Appeal No. E957 of 2025, the society through lawyer Duncan Okatch expressed dissatisfaction with the judgment delivered by the Court of Appeal in Nairobi on October 16, 2026, and signalled its intention to appeal against the entire decision before the Supreme Court.
“The Law Society of Kenya, being dissatisfied with the judgment of the Honourable Justice Patrick Omwenga Kiage, the Honourable Lady Justice Jamila Mohamed and the Honourable Lady Justice Jessie Lesiit delivered at the Court of Appeal in Nairobi on the 16th day of October, 2026, intends to appeal to the Supreme Court against the whole of the said judgment,” reads the notice of appeal