Judiciary officials asked to pay back millions acquired illegally

Chairman of Public Accounts Committee Ababu Namwamba (right) with members Jackson Rop (centre) and Joseph Manje when they met former Judiciary Registrar Gladys Shollei in Parliament on Thursday.  [PHOTO: BONIFACE OKENDO/STANDARD]

Kenya: Top Judiciary officers, including judges and other non-commissioners, have been asked to pay back irregular allowances running to more than Sh9.8 million they received between August and December last year.

Another Sh1.6 million paid to commissioners in allowances for meetings that did not have a quorum should also be recovered, according to the Auditor General.