As morning wakes, chief registrar of the high court has been
shown the door following allegations of corruption and misappropriation. Ms.
Gladys Boss Shollei has been in the centre of a dispute where JSC has blamed
her for insubordination, corruption and misappropriation of Judiciary funds to
a tune of Kshs 2.1 billion. On the other hand, Shollei has sought to clear her
name terming the accusations as witch-hunt and political oriented. She further
accused the JSC team of highhandedness and wanting to operate above the law.
At a parliamentary inquiry, the registrar came out to accuse
the JSC team of drawing abnormal allowances of upto Kshs 80,000 per sitting, a matter
she says is the root cause of their fallout. After noticing the anomaly, the
registrar sought to have clear guidelines on allowances by writing to the
treasury with fruitless efforts. A week ago, JSC stood ground and fired Ms.
Shollei pending investigations whereas judiciary staff closely linked to her
were locked out of their offices to pave way for investigations. Among the
accusations was that she illegally awarded herself a salary advance without
following due procedure, a matter still under scrutiny.
There has been a major outcry from the public over
mismanagement of funds and corruption cases implicating senior government
officials. They sought to find answers on why JSC members got very huge
allowances per sitting, how many sittings took place, time per sitting, where
the sittings were held, how close to Shs 140 million was paid out as allowances
in the last two years and many other issues. The justice system has come under
criticism as the public pressed for initiation of plans that will clear the
many pending cases in courts; and also ensure that the transformation of the
institution is monitored and evaluated.
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