Judicial Service Commission

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constitutional commission independent state organ

The Judicial Service Commission is an independent constitutional body in Kenya responsible for promoting and facilitating the efficient, effective, and transparent administration of justice, including the recruitment, discipline, and welfare of judicial officers.

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Observed surface forms (2)

Surface form	Occurrences
Judicial Service Commission of Kenya	2
Judicial Service Commission (Kenya)	0

Statements (50)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	constitutional commission ⓘ independent state organ ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	JSC NERFINISHED ⓘ
chairperson	Chief Justice of Kenya NERFINISHED ⓘ
compositionIncludes	Attorney-General of Kenya NERFINISHED ⓘ Chief Justice of Kenya NERFINISHED ⓘ one Court of Appeal judge elected by judges of the Court of Appeal ⓘ one High Court judge and one magistrate elected by members of the association of judges and magistrates ⓘ one Supreme Court judge elected by judges of the Supreme Court ⓘ one person nominated by the Public Service Commission ⓘ two advocates nominated by the Law Society of Kenya ⓘ two members, one man and one woman, to represent the public appointed by the President with National Assembly approval ⓘ
constitutionalArticle	Article 171 of the Constitution of Kenya NERFINISHED ⓘ Article 172 of the Constitution of Kenya ⓘ
country	Kenya ⓘ
ensures	accountability in the judiciary ⓘ judicial independence ⓘ transparency in judicial appointments ⓘ
function	advise the national government on improving the efficiency of the administration of justice ⓘ appoint, receive complaints against, investigate and remove from office or otherwise discipline registrars, magistrates and other judicial staff ⓘ prepare and implement programmes for the continuing education and training of judges and judicial officers ⓘ recommend to the President persons for appointment as judges ⓘ review and make recommendations on the benefits of judges and judicial officers ⓘ review and make recommendations on the conditions of service of judges and judicial officers ⓘ review and make recommendations on the salaries of judges and judicial officers ⓘ review and make recommendations on the terms of service of judges and judicial officers ⓘ
headquartersLocation	Nairobi NERFINISHED ⓘ
jurisdiction	Republic of Kenya NERFINISHED ⓘ
legalBasis	Constitution of Kenya 2010 NERFINISHED ⓘ
mandate	promote and facilitate the effective administration of justice ⓘ promote and facilitate the efficient administration of justice ⓘ promote and facilitate the independence of the judiciary ⓘ promote and facilitate the transparent administration of justice ⓘ
oversees	Judicial Service Act implementation ⓘ
partOfBranch	Judiciary of Kenya NERFINISHED ⓘ
relatedBody	Court of Appeal of Kenya NERFINISHED ⓘ High Court of Kenya NERFINISHED ⓘ Magistrates Courts of Kenya NERFINISHED ⓘ Supreme Court of Kenya NERFINISHED ⓘ
roleInAppointments	conducts competitive recruitment of judges ⓘ recommends Chief Justice for appointment by the President ⓘ recommends Deputy Chief Justice for appointment by the President ⓘ recommends judges of the Court of Appeal for appointment by the President ⓘ recommends judges of the High Court for appointment by the President ⓘ recommends judges of the Supreme Court for appointment by the President ⓘ
roleInDiscipline	disciplines magistrates and other judicial staff ⓘ investigates complaints against judges ⓘ receives complaints against judges ⓘ recommends the removal of judges from office to the President ⓘ
supervises	Judiciary Human Resource functions ⓘ

Referenced by (3)

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Constitution of Kenya → establishes → Judicial Service Commission ⓘ

Chief Justice of Kenya → nominatedBy → Judicial Service Commission ⓘ

this entity surface form: Judicial Service Commission of Kenya

Chief Justice of Kenya → chairs → Judicial Service Commission ⓘ

this entity surface form: Judicial Service Commission of Kenya