{"id":26513,"date":"2021-04-25T17:25:05","date_gmt":"2021-04-25T17:25:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/?p=26513"},"modified":"2021-04-25T17:00:17","modified_gmt":"2021-04-25T17:00:17","slug":"salary-details-of-jsc-members-revealed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/all-news\/salary-details-of-jsc-members-revealed","title":{"rendered":"Salary Details of JSC Members Revealed"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/\">Africa-Press<\/a> &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\">Kenya<\/a>. <\/strong><\/span>The Judicial Service Commission (JSC) has had a rather torrid two weeks interviewing candidates for the Chief Justice position.<\/p>\n<p>The commission led by Prof Olive Mugenda is set to retreat to consider the performance of the interviewees, but a a spanner was thrown into the works following a court order barring the commissioners from nominating the next chief justice.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, many Kenyans might be wondering just how much JSC members take home in form of salaries and allowances.<\/p>\n<p>According to the Salaries and Remuneration Commission (SRC), each of the JSC members earn between Ksh150,000 and Ksh250,000 as a responsibility allowance.<\/p>\n<p>The special duty allowance is similar to a retainer, and it is intended to cover tasks that members may do outside of the commission&#8217;s formal meetings.<\/p>\n<p>The commissioners also take home an allowance of Ksh40,000 per sitting, with the SRC putting a maximum of 8 sittings in a month.<\/p>\n<p>The JSC is also entitled to special tasks allowance of Ksh20,000 to Ksh25,000 per sitting for disciplinary cases and recruiting purposes.<\/p>\n<p>For the 10 days that the commissioners were conducting interviews for the Chief Justice Position, they earned between Ksh200,000 and Ksh250,000.<\/p>\n<p>Apart from the allowances the commissioners earn as members of JSC, they are also entitled to remuneration from their full-time jobs such as Attorney General Paul Kihara who takes home more than Ksh700,000.<\/p>\n<p>Deputy Chief Justice Philomena Mwilu takes home between Ksh800,000 to Ksh1.2 million, while Justice Mohamed Warsame pockets between Ksh680,000 and Ksh1 million as a Court of Appeal judge.<\/p>\n<p>Justice David Majanja created a buzz when he openly said he as an alumnus of the Alliance High School, and takes home between Ksh600,000 to Ksh900,000.<\/p>\n<p>Senior Principal Magistrate Evelyn Olwande who represents magistrates in the JSC is entitled to between Ksh300,000 to Ksh400,000.<\/p>\n<p>Olwande is the newest entrant to the JSC having been appointed by President Uhuru Kenyatta in January 2021.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Kenya. 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