By PATRICK LANG'AT More by this AuthorThree Western diplomats want President Uhuru Kenyatta to appoint the 41 judges proposed by the Judicial Service Commission (JSC), who have not been able to assume office since July 2019. In an op-ed, British High Commissioner Jane Marriott, US Ambassador Kyle McCarter, and EU Ambassador Simon Mordue said: “Resolve the delay in the appointment of judges to vacant positions. Citing two court rulings directing the President to appoint the judges, Chief Justice David Maraga last month appealed to him: As your Excellency has pledged in the past, you respect the rule of law. The envoys also called on the Executive and the Judiciary to “work together, independently but co-operatively”, to strengthen collaboration between the police, lawyers, prosecutors and judges. The greatest gains will be delivered by ever stronger and more effective independent institutions, which work closely and constructively together,” they said.

Source: Daily Nation July 17, 2020 06:45 UTC