Mutunga, JSC have wasted chance to demonstrate credibility of Judiciary

By Barrack Muluka

The Judiciary Service Commission (JSC)’s decision to snub the Parliamentary Justice and Legal Affairs Committee summons is unfortunate in the extreme. On the one hand, it smacks of the hubris, opaqueness and impunity that we appointed a new JSC to correct. On the other hand, Chief Justice Willy Mutunga and his team have shot themselves in the foot. They have opened up an awful credibility gap about the JSC in the public eye. Indeed, some would say they have widened an already existing credibility gap.