The High Court has instructed the Judicial Service Commission (JSC) to consider the individuals who failed to make to the shortlist for the chief justice, deputy chief justice and Supreme Court judges posts.
Issuing the directive on Monda, Judge George Odunga called upon the Margaret Kobia led team to not forward any name to the president for ascent without including them in the ongoing interviews faulting the commission for disqualifying the applicants citing lack of proper documentation to support their applications.
The directive follows a case filed to the by Professor Yash Pal Ghai and Trusted Human Rights Alliance challenging how the short listing process was done and seeking orders to compel J.S.C to provide information on criteria used to shortlist candidates for the three positions.
The information came when the panel was already interviewing the first applicant Alnashir Vishram and after a two hour closed door meeting, the commission agreed to the directive.
The individuals in question include, Proffessor Makau Mutua, Justice Jackton Ojwang, and former anti-graft head, Aaron Ringera.
The JSC has therefore scheduled interviews with them beginning next week September 5th – 13th with Professor Makau being the last one to face the panel.