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Win for judges in pay dispute for new appointees

Judges appointed from outside the Judiciary have a reason to smile after the High Court ordered that they be paid the same salaries as their colleagues promoted from within.

Justice George Odunga ruled that it was discriminatory for lawyers appointed to the bench from private practice to get lower pay than those promoted from within the Judiciary, and ordered the Salaries and Remuneration Commission to harmonize their pay.

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