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JSC calls off judges' recruitment due to tight budget

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Chief Justice Martha Koome. [Elvis Ogina, Standard]

The Judicial Service Commission (JSC) has slammed the brakes on a planned recruitment of an additional eleven judges to the bench of the Court of Appeal.

JSC, in a statement on Wednesday, cited a directive from the National Treasury limiting its expenditure to only 15 percent of its appropriated budget thus limiting spending to critical and essential services.

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