The Judicial Service Commission (JSC) – the judges’ and magistrates’ employer – has also dragged a number of judges to the tribunal and fired some magistrates in the recent past for corruption and other disciplinary issues. Recruitment or vetting of judges by the JSC on many occasions involves live interviews on national television. This then leads us to the conclusion that there is need to establish a procedural threshold applicable by the JSC,” the tribunal ruled. The tribunal fell short of calling the JSC lazy and the petition a waste of everyone’s time! In the latest controversy over President Uhuru Kenyatta’s refusal to appoint 41 judges, the JSC is letting down the Judiciary again.

Source: Daily Nation June 13, 2020 21:33 UTC