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Magistrate gets his job back after wrongful dismissal 12 years ago

Nairobi; Kenya: The Court of Appeal has reinstated a magistrate who was dismissed 12 years ago after erroneously acquitting a suspect.

Mr Stephen Pareno, a former magistrate in Machakos, got a reprieve when the Court of Appeal ruled he was wrongly dismissed by the Judicial Service Commission (JSC) in 2003.

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