A section of disgruntled judges that were nominated by the Judicial Service Commission (JSC) headed by Chief Justice David Maraga, on Tuesday, October 30, vowed to take action after President Uhuru Kenyatta failed to gazette their names.
President Uhuru failed to gazette all the 41 nominees arguing that some of them were tainted and had integrity issues.
In a report ran by People Daily, a section of judges was planning a court action claiming that the president's blanket condemnation and the reasons given were illegitimate.
The judges further stated that they would be seeking damages for loss of income four months since the date their names were supposed to have been gazetted.
“Uhuru ought to have shared the names of those whose integrity and conduct he had questioned with JSC in confidentiality to enable the institution deal with those judges instead of punishing even those whose integrity had not to be tainted.
"We will be seeking for loss of earnings from the time we ought to have been appointed and started work, general damages, compensation for psychological torture due to loss of salaries after our names were forwarded to the president,” the publication quoted one of the judges.
Lawyer Adrian Kamotho already filed a lawsuit over the matter against Attorney General Kihara Kariuki with JSC and Maraga mentioned as interested parties.
The Law Society of Kenya (LSK) decried the president's decision arguing that the action was an attack on the independence of the Judicial system.
The society further insisted that Uhuru did not have the right to review the names presented by JSC and all he needed to do was make the appointment or file a complaint with the commission.
