Pack and go, MPs tell judges' vetting team

Judges and Magistrates Board Chairman Sharad Rao brief the media after he opened a sensitization workshop for journalists and media practitioners by the Judges and Magistrates Board at the Greenhills Hotel in Nyeri, September 11, the workshop theme was " restoring confidence in the Judiciary" PHOTO: MOSE SAMMY/STANDARD

Members of the Judges and Magistrates Vetting Board have been told to pack their bags and leave office by the end of the year.

During a debate yesterday on a bill seeking to extend the term of the board beyond its expiry date of December 2015, MPs claimed the current officials led by Sharad Rao (pictured) have overstayed their welcome and should thus vacate office. The MPs now want new people to handle the vetting.