Vetting board declares eight magistrates unsuitable to hold office

Judges and Magistrate vetting Board chairman Sharad Rao speaking in Kisumu on September 8 2015 during the release of the suitability Determinant of 36 Magistrates after vetting process. He is flanked by Board members Barnabas Samatt (left) and Justus munyithya. (Photo: Collins Oduor/Standard)

Eight magistrates have been found unfit to hold office in the latest report by the Judges and Magistrates Vetting Board.

They were found to have integrity issues out of the 36 judicial officers from Western Kenya vetted early this year.