{
  "id": 14497858,
  "title": "CJ Koome refuses to step aside from Ksh10M car allowance case hearing",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/14/cj-koome-refuses-to-step-aside-from-ksh10m-car-allowance-case-hearing",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-10-14T17:20:11.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "People Daily Kenya",
    "slug": "people-daily-kenya",
    "url": "https://peopledaily.digital/news/cj-koome-refuses-to-step-aside-from-ksh10m-car-allowance-case-hearing"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "Chief Justice Martha Koome has declined to remove herself from the hearing of the Salaries and Remuneration Commission (SRC) case related to judges' Ksh10 million taxable car allowance. The commission is challenging the decision of the High Court and Court of Appeal, which upheld the allowance paid to all judges every four years. The SRC submitted an application to the Supreme Court on Wednesday, October 14, 2026, requesting Chief Justice Koome and Justice Mohammed Warsame to recuse themselves from the case. Their lawyer, Peter Wanyama, argued that the two judges were biased due to their involvement in the Judicial Service Commission (JSC) discussions on the same matter and cited a remark Koome made in September 2023. The Supreme Court has also rejected an application by four civil society organizations, Transparency International Kenya, Kenya Human Rights Commission (KHRC), Inuka Kenya Ni Sisi, and the Institute for Social Accountability (TISA), to be included in the proceedings, stating that the case lacks a public interest.",
  "summary": "Chief Justice Martha Koome has refused to step aside from hearing the Salaries and Remuneration Commission (SRC) case challenging judges’ Ksh10 million taxable car allowance. In the matter, SRC is challenging the decision by the High Court and Court of Appeal, which upheld the controversial benefit to all judges in the country every four years. […]",
  "key_points": [
    "Chief Justice Martha Koome refuses to recuse herself from Ksh10M car allowance case",
    "SRC challenges High Court, Court of Appeal decisions upholding judges' allowances",
    "Lawyers argue bias due to involvement in JSC discussions and Koome's September 2023 remark"
  ],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}