No, neither Supreme Court Justice Wanjala nor DCJ Mwilu have filed resignation letters to the JSC registrar. - iVerify Kenya

No, neither Supreme Court Justice Wanjala nor DCJ Mwilu have filed resignation letters to the JSC registrar.

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On September 11, 2022, the Kenyan Judiciary dismissed the report that Deputy Chief Justice Philomena Mwilu and Justice Smokin Wanjala had tendered their resignations days following the Supreme Court judgment.

The two Justices were among the seven Supreme Court justices who unanimously validated President-elect William Ruto’s victory in the August 9 election.

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Verified Sep, 12 2022

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Supreme Court judges Smokin Wanjala and DCJ Philomena Mwilu submit resignation letters to the Judicial Service Commission’s registra( JSC)

Rating Justification

The iVerify Network of Fact-Checking Desks has fact-checked this content and established that it is False.

To arrive to this conclusion, the iVerify Network of Fact-Checking Desks has conducted the following process. We examined The Judiciary’s social media accounts and found a tweet shared on September 11, 2022, that labelled the claim as fake.

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