[3][4] In April 2015, ahead of the appointment of the new Limpopo Division, Kgomo was one of seven candidates whom the Judicial Service Commission shortlisted and interviewed for possible appointment as inaugural Judge President of the new division.
[5] He was not recommended for the post, which instead went to Ephraim Makgoba,[6] under whom Kgomo had worked as a young attorney.
[1] A year later, in April 2016, Kgomo was one of three candidates – the others being Legodi Phatudi and Fikile Mokgohloa – shortlisted and interviewed for possible appointment as Deputy Judge President of the Limpopo Division.
During that interview, Judicial Service Commission member Julius Malema accused Kgomo of being "sexist" after he commented that retention of women judges was low because women lawyers were attracted to civil service positions that came with "expensive motor vehicles".
[8] In 2023, GroundUp reported that two of Kgomo's judgments in the Thohoyandou High Court had been outstanding for over three years.