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Review laws on Kenya judicial officers’ conduct

NAIROBI: The ongoing altercation between the Mombasa Branch of the Law Society of Kenya, the Chief Justice and the Judicial Service Commission (JSC) where over 800 signatories are seeking the Chief Justice’s resignation, rightly or wrongly, for alleged impropriety and breach of law, highlights a fundamental constitutional lacuna.

Looking at the unfolding scenario, one would ask: what mechanisms have been put in place to discipline judicial officers and in particular judges?

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