The Judicial Service Commission has nominated Lady Justice Philomena Mbete Mwilu for the position of Deputy Chief Justice, replacing Kalpan Rawal who retired in 2015.
Her name will be forwarded to parliament for vetting alongside David Maraga who was nominated for the position of Chief Justice.
Lady Justice Philomena Mbete Mwilu graduated from the University of Nairobi and was admitted as an advocate of the High Court of Kenya in 1984.
She practised law in the firms of Muthoga Gaturu & Company and later Mutunga & Company Advocates. She worked as company secretary and headed a state corporation before being appointed as Judge of the High Court in 2007.
Lady Justice Mwilu also served in the Commercial Division in Nairobi, at the Eldoret High Court and the Civil Appeals sub-division of the High Court, the murder section of the Criminal Division and later headed the Environment and Land Division of the High Court.