Like Mr Wanyoike, Mr Havi seemed to say that our ethics and moral standards are near zero. Dr Mercy Mwarah Deche, the erudite but plain-spoken law scholar and JSC commissioner, was engaging but ticked off I had questioned the integrity of the JSC and judges. It’s also judicial self-dealing for the CJ and CRJ to sit on the JSC. In the recruitment of judges after public interviews, JSC members must make public and explain their grading of candidates. Fundamentally, I believe taking the JSC out of the judiciary – and removing the CJ, DCJ, and CRJ from it – will shield the judiciary from the murk of politics in the recruitment and hearing of complaints against judges.

Source: Daily Nation June 14, 2020 06:56 UTC