Chief Justice Willy Mutunga has, for the second time, raised concern over corruption creeping back into the Judiciary.
The CJ warned that those found engaging in the vice would be sacked.
Dr Mutunga addressed the issue of integrity among judges, magistrates and judicial staff for a second time after he threatened to carry out radical surgery to root out corruption in Judiciary two months ago.
"Corruption is death in society. We have elevated our fight against corruption in the Judiciary a notch higher and the JSC will not hesitate to take any disciplinary action against judicial officers and administrative staff who are engaged in this vice," Mutunga said yesterday during the swearing in of 21 new Kadhis.
The head of the Supreme Court had in August said the public complaints against judges and magistrates had increased this year and warned that action would be taken on those implicated.
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"If judges are found culpable, the JSC will recommend tribunals, as it already has in one instance, and where other judicial officers such as magistrates, Kadhis or administrative staff are involved, it shall take stern disciplinary measures. We want a judiciary that cannot be accused of corruption," he said.
Meanwhile, former chairman of the defunct Kenya Anti-Corruption Commission (KACC) PLO Lumumba has described the Judiciary as the weakest State arm and accused it of failing to handle corruption cases.
Prof Lumumba said the Judiciary had made no landmark ruling in recent years to convict senior Government officers implicated in corruption even after they are taken to court and evidence adduced against them.
Lumumba said this yesterday when he addressed participants attending a four-day workshop on the challenges in tackling corruption in the country.
The workshop held at Crystal Bay Resort in Kilifi was co-ordinated jointly by the Ethics and Anti-Corruption Commission (EACC) and the Director of Public Prosecutions.
Lumumba said the state of corruption in Kenya has become worse in recent years and urged the officers entrusted with the responsibility to fight the vice to take their work seriously.
He said although President Uhuru Kenyatta had vowed to fight corruption in this country, the people surrounding him had watered down his efforts.
EACC boss Halaki Waqo accused some politicians of fighting the institution mandated to fight corruption.
