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Did Judicial Service Commission ignore Mutunga advice on successor?

The Judicial Service Commission (JSC) may have ignored guidance of its immediate former chairman Willy Mutunga in the ongoing recruitment of Chief Justice and Deputy Chief Justice.

A memorandum presented to the JSC by Dr Mutunga before he exited the Judiciary cautioned against condoning secrecy, reducing contest to "insiders versus outsiders" and entertaining negative gender, age and seniority determinants.

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