Monrovia, Liberia- Judge Kaba is the Fifth Muslim to be nominated as Associate Justice.

The newly appointed supreme Court associate Judge Yusuf Kaba is Fifth Muslim to the Bench since 1977.

The first was Cllr Frederick K. Tulay who served as Associate Justice in two different governments from 1977 to 1980 under Chief Justice James A.A. Pierre, Sr. and from 1985 to 1987 under both Chief Justice Emmanuel Gbalazeh and Chief Justice James N. Nagbe. The second was Cllr Karmo Soko Sackor, Sr who was Associate Justice in two governments also. He served in the Liberia National Transitional Government from `1995-1997 under Chief Justices James G. Bull and Frances Johnson-Morris and he was re-nominated on the Supreme Court by President Charles Taylor and served from 1997-2003. Cllr George S. Tulay also served as Associate Justice on the Frances Johnson-Morris bench in 1997. While of late, Associate Justice Kabineh M. Ja’neh served from 2006-2019.

The advantage of His Honour Yusuf D Kaba

The advantage His Honour, Yusuf Diakete Kaba brings to the current Supreme Court is that he will be the only one on this current bench who had served as a Trial Judge unlike the other four Justices who were never a trial judge before being named on the Supreme Court bench.

Apart from His Honour Kaba, no one on the present bench was a trial judge before ascending to the bench.

The newly nominated Associate Justice, Yusuf D. Kaba, is an experienced jurist who has been a Judge since 1998 when he was nominated by President Charles Taylor as Relieving Judge and roused the ranks in the Judicial Branch. He served as Resident Circuit Judge of 6th Judicial Circuit, Acting Court Administrator, Acting Probate Judge, and member of the jury inquiry committee.