This archive report was first published on 7 November 2019.
Published on November 7, 2019, the National Intelligence Service (NIS) had flagged nine judges seeking to be promoted to serve in the Appellate Court during their vetting process.
Adverse reports had been made against the judges following complaints levelled against them, which were contained in correspondence between the Judicial Service Commission (JSC) and the NIS regarding their background checks.
Three lawyers were also blacklisted in the list sent to JSC through a letter dated July 5 from Major-General Philip Kameru, addressed to Chief Registrar Anne Amadi.
Out of 127 applicants, complaints were levelled against 21, but only the nine judges and three lawyers were blacklisted.
The Judicial Service Commission (JSC) accused the NIS of refusing to provide specific information against the affected judges, despite being given an extended period to do so.
"We shall highly appreciate if you can provide us with more information by July 15 since the selection process has statutory timelines," said Ms Amadi in her response to NIS on July 9.
Despite being granted seven more days to provide particulars of the adverse reports, the NIS failed to provide any further information, and the JSC went ahead to finalise its recruitment process.
Only 10 High Court judges and one lawyer were recommended for promotion to the Appellate Court, after interviews were held between June 17-27.
