Philip Kiptoo Tunoi Biography

Philip Kiptoo Tunoi Biography

Philip Kiptoo Tunoi was born on 2nd June 1974 in Egeyo Marakwet county.He is a kenyan lawyer and a retired associate justice of the supreme court of Kenya. He also served as a judge of the East African court of justice.

Philip Kiptoo Tunoi Education Background

Ended 2013: Graduated student at the University of Nairobi, PhD in Arts – Philosophy

1971-1972: Student at Kenya school of Law, post-graduate diploma in law.

Ended 1970: Undergraduate student at the University of East Africa, Dar-es-Salaam,bachelor’s degree in law.

Secondary school student at St Patrick’s High School Iten in Elgeyo Marakwet.

Philip Kiptoo Tunoi Career

2012- Present: Associate Justice | Judiciary at the supreme court of Kenya

1993-2011: Justice of Kenya’s Court of Appeal

1987-1993:  Justice of the High Court of Kenya.

1974-1987: She went into private practice

1970-1973: Provincial State Counsel for Nyanza

Justice Tunoi has held several other positions within Kenya’s judiciary and the East African Court of Justice.

Philip Kiptoo Tunoi Suspension

In late May 2014, Justice Tunoi was served with a notice by the Chief Registrar of the Supreme Court to vacate his office by June 3 of the same year, having attained the age of 70, the mandatory age of retirement for Kenya’s Judiciary. Together with High Court Justice David A. Onyancha, Justice Tunoi sued the Judicial Service Commission and the Judiciary challenging the decision to have them retired. The lawsuit arises from the fact that the Judicial Service Commission had issued two contradictory notices on the age of retirement for judges. On May 29, 2014, the High Court issued a conservatory injunction prohibiting the Judicial Service Commission from retiring both judges pending the decision of the case.

Philip Kiptoo Tunoi Family

He is married to one wife and is a father to four children.

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Philip Kiptoo Tunoi

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