Man files petition to block performance ranking of judges News 18 min ago

He wants the court to declare that the Chief Justice and the JSC do not have the constitutional, statutory or any legal authority to publish the individual performance data for judges and judicial officers.

The petitioner added that the Judicial Service Act has prescribed the nature of the reports that may be published by the JSC and the Chief Justice and by dint of such statutory prescription, any other report, data or performance information intended for publication ought to have a clear statutory underpinning.

A city resident has moved to the High Court to block Chief Justice Martha Koome from publishing the performance of individual judges, arguing that the decision will expose judges and judicial officers to harassment.