David Maraga
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David Maraga is a Kenyan lawyer and jurist who served as Chief Justice and President of the Supreme Court of Kenya, notably leading the court in historic rulings on presidential election disputes.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| David Maraga canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T13374944 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: David Maraga Context triple: [Chief Justice of Kenya, predecessorOfficeHolder, David Maraga]
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A.
Christian Rassam
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B.
Asake Bomani
Asake Bomani is an American writer and former jazz singer best known as the ex-wife of actor and activist Danny Glover.
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C.
Tarik Matthews
Tarik Matthews is the child of Gloria Matthews.
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D.
Karim Dulé Hill
Karim Dulé Hill is an American actor and tap dancer best known for his roles on the television series "The West Wing" and "Psych."
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E.
Sam Bockarie
Sam Bockarie was a notorious Sierra Leonean rebel commander and key leader of the Revolutionary United Front, implicated in extensive war crimes and atrocities during the country's civil conflict.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: David Maraga Target entity description: David Maraga is a Kenyan lawyer and jurist who served as Chief Justice and President of the Supreme Court of Kenya, notably leading the court in historic rulings on presidential election disputes.
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A.
Christian Rassam
Christian Rassam was a member of the Rassam family, known primarily in relation to his brother, the Assyrian archaeologist and diplomat Hormuzd Rassam.
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B.
Asake Bomani
Asake Bomani is an American writer and former jazz singer best known as the ex-wife of actor and activist Danny Glover.
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C.
Tarik Matthews
Tarik Matthews is the child of Gloria Matthews.
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D.
Karim Dulé Hill
Karim Dulé Hill is an American actor and tap dancer best known for his roles on the television series "The West Wing" and "Psych."
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E.
Sam Bockarie
Sam Bockarie was a notorious Sierra Leonean rebel commander and key leader of the Revolutionary United Front, implicated in extensive war crimes and atrocities during the country's civil conflict.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Chief Justice
ⓘ
Kenyan politician ⓘ human ⓘ jurist ⓘ lawyer ⓘ |
| appointedBy | Uhuru Kenyatta ⓘ |
| continentOfCitizenship | Africa ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | Kenya ⓘ |
| educatedAt |
Kenya School of Law
ⓘ
University of Nairobi ⓘ |
| familyName | Maraga ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
constitutional law
ⓘ
electoral law ⓘ judicial administration ⓘ |
| gender | male ⓘ |
| givenName | David ⓘ |
| hasJurisdiction |
Republic of Kenya
ⓘ
linked to:
Kenya
|
| knownFor |
leading the Supreme Court of Kenya in presidential election petition rulings
ⓘ
participation in the 2017 Kenyan presidential election petition decision ⓘ serving as Chief Justice of Kenya ⓘ serving as President of the Supreme Court of Kenya ⓘ |
| languageSpoken |
English
ⓘ
Swahili ⓘ
linked to:
Swahili language
|
| legalProfession | advocate of the High Court of Kenya ⓘ |
| legalSystem | Kenyan legal system ⓘ |
| memberOf |
Judiciary of Kenya
ⓘ
Kenyan Bar ⓘ Supreme Court of Kenya ⓘ |
| name | David Kenani Maraga ⓘ |
| nationality | Kenyan ⓘ |
| notableEvent | presided over presidential election dispute cases in Kenya ⓘ |
| notableWork | 2017 ruling annulling the Kenyan presidential election ⓘ |
| occupation |
judge
ⓘ
jurist ⓘ lawyer ⓘ |
| officeContested | Chief Justice of Kenya ⓘ |
| partOf | Judiciary of Kenya ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth | Kenya ⓘ |
| positionHeld |
Chief Justice of Kenya
ⓘ
Judge of the Court of Appeal of Kenya ⓘ Judge of the High Court of Kenya ⓘ Judge of the Supreme Court of Kenya ⓘ President of the Supreme Court of Kenya ⓘ |
| religion | Christianity ⓘ |
| religiousDenomination |
Seventh-day Adventist
ⓘ
linked to:
Seventh-day Adventist Church
|
| residence | Nairobi ⓘ |
| workLocation | Nairobi ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: David Maraga Description of subject: David Maraga is a Kenyan lawyer and jurist who served as Chief Justice and President of the Supreme Court of Kenya, notably leading the court in historic rulings on presidential election disputes.
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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.