Judiciary Registrar Gladys Shollei accuses three JSC members of impropriety
Judiciary Chief Registrar Gladys Shollei (right) when she appeared before Parliamentary Committee on Justice and Legal Affairs at Parliament buildings August 21, 2013. She accused three Judicial Service Commission (JSC) members of impropriety. BILLY MUTAI
What you need to know:
- Mrs Shollei tells the National Assembly Legal Affairs committee that Ahmednasir Abdullahi, Mohamed Warsame and Emily Ominde had abused their offices.
- She says Justice Warsame had sought favours from her office including asking for jobs for his clansmen.
- The suspended chief registrar tells the MPs that she is clean.
The Judiciary Registrar Gladys Shollei has accused three Judicial Service Commission (JSC) members of impropriety.
Mrs Shollei told the National Assembly Legal Affairs committee that Ahmednasir Abdullahi, Mohamed Warsame and Emily Ominde had abused their offices.
She said Justice Warsame had sought favours from her office including asking for jobs for his clansmen.
The suspended chief registrar told the MPs that she was clean.
"I am clear, respectful. I know what my job description is and I work very hard at it," she said.
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On Tuesday, the National Assembly Committee on Justice and Legal Affairs summoned Mrs Shollei, who was sent on compulsory leave on Monday, to appear Wednesday afternoon at 2.30pm “to give us her side of the story".
Chairman Samuel Chepkonga (Ainamoi) said the committee would investigate the process followed by the Commission to determine whether it followed the law in suspending Mrs Shollei.
“The Committee has powers to remove members of the JSC. If we find they did not follow procedure, we will write to the National Assembly to pass a motion and instruct the President to form a tribunal,” he said.
“Judiciary reforms are not a monopoly of a few persons and we need to guard it jealously. We will let them know that non-attendance would have legal implications.”
