{"id":22516,"date":"2026-01-14T09:08:08","date_gmt":"2026-01-14T09:08:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/africa\/22516\/"},"modified":"2026-01-14T09:08:08","modified_gmt":"2026-01-14T09:08:08","slug":"jsc-announces-vacancy-for-supreme-court-judge","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/africa\/22516\/","title":{"rendered":"JSC announces vacancy for Supreme Court Judge"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Judicial Service Commission (JSC) has declared a vacancy in the Office of Judge of the Supreme Court.<\/p>\n

The announcement was made through a special issue of the Kenya Gazette dated January 13, 2026, and signed by Chief Justice Martha Koome.<\/p>\n

Applicants must hold a law degree from a recognised university or equivalent qualifications for admission as an advocate in a Commonwealth common-law jurisdiction and must have at least 15 years of post-admission experience as a superior court judge, distinguished legal academic, judicial officer, or legal practitioner, whether in Kenya or abroad.<\/p>\n

Candidates must also demonstrate high moral character, integrity, impartiality, professional competence, and a commitment to public service.<\/p>\n

Interested and qualified individuals are invited to apply via the JSC jobs portal at https:\/\/jsc.go.ke\/jobs\/<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Retirement and remuneration<\/p>\n

Based on the guidelines issued by the Salaries and Remuneration Commission of Kenya, the gross monthly remuneration package, excluding benefits, is a minimum of Ksh 956,192 and a maximum of Ksh 1,268,996.<\/p>\n

Judges serve up to 70 years but have the option of retiring at 65 years in accordance with Article 167(1) of the Constitution.<\/p>\n

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The Supreme Court of Kenya comprises seven judges; however, it currently has six members following the death of Justice Mohammed Ibrahim on 17 December 2025 after a long illness.<\/p>\n

The bench is led by Chief Justice Martha Koome and Deputy Chief Justice Philomena Mwilu. Other members are Justices Njoki Ndung\u2019u, who is now a member of the Judicial Service Commission (JSC), Smokin Wanjala, Isaac Lenaola, and William Ouko.<\/p>\n

The JSC, established under Article 171(2) of the Constitution, is tasked with managing and overseeing the Judiciary.<\/p>\n

Its membership includes the Chief Justice as Chairperson, a Supreme Court Judge, Court of Appeal Judge, a High Court Judge and Magistrate, the Attorney General, two advocates, a Public Service Commission nominee, and two members who are not lawyers, appointed by the President with approval from the National Assembly to represent the public interest.<\/p>\n

The Chief Registrar of the Judiciary serves as Secretary to the Commission.<\/p>\n

JSC has already commenced interviews for the recruitment of 15 judges of the Court of Appeal.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Judicial Service Commission (JSC) has declared a vacancy in the Office of Judge of the Supreme Court.…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":22517,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[31],"tags":[12003,80,11931],"class_list":{"0":"post-22516","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-kenya","8":"tag-judicial-service-commission","9":"tag-kenya","10":"tag-supreme-court"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22516","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=22516"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22516\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/22517"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=22516"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=22516"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=22516"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}