RULING OF THE COURT
[1] BEARING IN MIND that the 1st to 4th respondents, then serving magistrates, were vetted by the Judges and Magistrates Vetting Board (the Board) and found unsuitable to continue serving;and that the Board dismissed their request for review of its decision, and were consequently removed from office. In affirming the Board’s decision, the High Court ruled that courts lacked jurisdiction to review the vetting process unless the Board exceeded its constitutional mandate. On a first appeal, the Court of Appeal by a majority decision disagreed with the High Court and held that the Supreme Court in Judges and Magistrates Vetting Board and 2 Others vs. Centre for Human Rights and Democracy and 11 Others, SC Petition No.13A of 2013 as consolidated with Petition No.14 of 2013 and 15 of 2013; [2014] eKLR (‘JMVB (1)’) and in Judges and Magistrates Vetting Board vs. Kenya Magistrates and Judges Association & another, SC Petition No. 29 of 2014; [2014] eKLR (‘JMVB (2)’) had not…