Suits dog hiring of Kenya’s new CJ, DCJ

JSC acting chairperson Prof Margaret Kobia, Judiciary Chief Registrar Ann Amadi and Attorney General Githu Muigai address the press in Nairobi on February 3. [PHOTO:FILE/STANDARD]

NAIROBI: The Judicial Service Commission is under pressure to reopen the recruitment process for the positions of Chief Justice, Deputy Chief Justice and Judge of the Supreme Court.

Beneath the declarations that the commission will not publicly release the criteria used to knock out applicants is a JSC worried about the repercussions of multiple court cases on the credibility of the process.