MONROVIA – To ensure judicial independence and integrity, the appointment of judges and other judicial officers should be done by an institutionalized body, instead of being done by presidents and chief executives, says Professor Patrick Loch Otieno Lumumba, the Director of the Kenya School of Law and renowned activist. Speaking on the theme “Integrity Through Positive Actions: A Means of Ensuring an Independent Judiciary,” Prof. Lumumba said achieving judicial independence is not merely a matter of institutional design. It requires a constant commitment to integrity and ethical conduct among judicial officers and court personnel, and an enhanced understanding of the public on the role it plays in realizing the goal. Since then, there has been split opinions on his removal, and calls for judicial independence in Liberia. “Judicial officers must deliver themselves from temptation,” he said.

Source: Front Page Africa May 09, 2024 21:33 UTC