High Court halts JSC interviews for Supreme Court judge
Prof Olive Mugenda who is chairing a panel conducting interviews for the position of chief justice. The High Court on April 21, 2021 stopped the JSC from deliberating on the choice and appointment of the next CJ after the ongoing interviews which are scheduled to end on Friday.
A three-judge bench of the High Court has stopped the Judicial Service Commission (JSC) from conducting the planned interviews for a judge of the Supreme Court, pending the hearing and determination of three cases that are challenging legality of the interviews.
The bench, comprising of justices Anthony Mrima, Wilfrida Okwany and Reuben Nyakundi also stopped the JSC from deliberating on the choice and appointment of the next chief justice after the ongoing interviews which are scheduled to end on Friday.
