JUDGMENT OF THE COURT
At all material times the appellant, Joyce Manyasi was employed by the 1st respondent, the Judicial Service Commission as a Chief Magistrate, based at Machakos. On 14th March 2005, some magistrates in parts of the Republic went on strike or go-slow, bringing the work of the courts to a standstill in the affected stations. One of those stations was Machakos, where the appellant was in charge. It was alleged that as a result of the strike, the appellant did not sit in her court and that no business was transacted in the entire station, forcing litigants to waste the day and accused persons, who had been ferried from prison to the courts for hearing of their cases, to spent the day in the cells.
The next day, 15th March 2005, the Chief Justice, in his capacity as the chairperson of the 1st respondent wrote to the appellant notifying her that she had been interdicted and calling upon her to show cause why disciplinary proceedings should not be commenced against her. Th…