Daggers have been drawn and the stage set for what promises to be a bruising campaign to elect the Law Society of Kenya (LSK) male representative at the Judicial Service Commission (JSC).
While the election is about 60 days away, lobbying and canvassing are in top gear with regional caucuses retreating to devise the best way to approach the election.
Even though two candidates have so far thrown their hats into the ring as they seek to replace Mr Macharia Njeru, whose term is coming to an end, political and regional interests have emerged as various interested parties jostle in a bid to get their person to bag the seat.
So high are the stakes that two weeks ago, Nation understands that lawyers from Mt Kenya met in Kiambu under the Mt Kenya Foundation patronage to seek ways of having the region retain the seat, even as other lawyers plot to have the seat go elsewhere for regional balance.
The lobbying, Nation understands, is also high-stakes as it has seen members from the executive dragged into the lawyers’ body as they seek to have a friendly candidate.
The current LSK president Eric Theuri and Omwanza Ombati, both of whom have been in private…
