A group of interns serving under the Judiciary through the Judicial Service Commission (JSC) has appealed for answers over their future, saying they are completing a year of service without any clear communication on whether they will be absorbed, replaced or simply sent home.

According to the whistleblowers, the internship programme, which began in August 2025, officially comes to an end tomorrow, leaving more than 200 interns uncertain about what comes next.

The interns say they are not demanding automatic employment.

Instead, they want a fair and transparent transition process that recognises the experience and skills they have acquired while serving in courts and judicial stations across the country.

This allegation has not been independently verified.

According to the complainants, the Judiciary invested significant resources in recruiting, onboarding and training the interns before deploying them to different stations.

The interns say they have spent the past year supporting court operations, gaining practical experience and contributing to the administration of justice.

They now question why an institution would spend public resources training young professionals for an entire year without communicating whether there is any pathway to employment or future opportunities.

The whistleblowers say the silence has left many anxious as they prepare to leave service.

According to the complainants, many of the interns had hoped the Judiciary would at least communicate its plans before the contracts expired.

Instead, they say they are facing the prospect of returning home unemployed after dedicating a full year to public service.

The interns argue that the Judiciary should consider developing a structured transition framework that gives competent interns an opportunity to compete fairly for available positions or priority consideration whenever vacancies arise.

They say issuing certificates alone does little to address the uncertainty facing young graduates who have already demonstrated their ability to work within the institution.

The concerns come at a time when youth unemployment remains one of Kenya's biggest challenges, with many graduates struggling to secure meaningful employment despite acquiring valuable work experience.

The interns say internship programmes should not become a revolving door where young professionals are trained, utilised for a year and released without any structured pathway for career progression.

The concerns now place responsibility on the Judicial Service Commission, chaired by Chief Justice Martha Koome, and the Judiciary's Chief Registrar Winfridah Mokaya, to clarify whether there are plans for the affected interns after their contracts expire.

The interns are also calling on the Judiciary to communicate openly about the future of the programme and whether lessons from this cohort will inform a more structured internship to employment framework.

Below is the complaint received.

Hello Cyprian. Kindly hide my identity.

We were recruited as Judiciary interns under the Judicial Service Commission in August 2025 and our contracts end tomorrow.

Over 200 of us have served for a full year, yet there has been no clear communication about what happens next.

We feel like we have been trained and dumped despite the Judiciary investing heavily in recruiting and developing us.

We are asking for a conversation on creating a fair and transparent transition framework that gives competent interns an opportunity instead of simply issuing certificates and sending us home.