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Why tribunal cleared Ojwang' and indicted the judicial commission

Supreme Court Judge Jackton Ojwang' (left) with his lawyers Daniel Musyoka (right) and Nani Mungai shortly after a tribunal set up to investigate his conduct found him innocent yesterday. [Standard]

The Judicial Service Commission (JSC) has been accused of flouting the Constitution and failing to ascertain evidence in recommending the removal of Supreme Court judge Jackton Ojwang'. 

A tribunal that cleared Justice Ojwang' expressly stated that the petition against the judge was as a result of a process that was procedurally irregular, unfair and carried out in breach of JSC constitutional and legal obligations.

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