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CJ race wide open as hopefuls yet to apply three days to deadline

No one has applied for the vacant Chief Justice (CJ) position with only three days to the deadline.

Many of those eyeing the job of CJ, deputy CJ and Judge of the Supreme Court, including some big names, continued playing their cards close to their chests to see who else was interested in the senior judicial seats. By Friday, the Judicial Service Commission (JSC) secretariat had not received a single application for the three positions in a race said to be largely drawn between Judiciary “insiders” and “outsiders”.

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