The Judicial Service Commission (JSC) has embarked on a major recruitment drive aimed at strengthening the Judiciary's capacity to enhance access to justice for all Kenyans.

This initiative forms part of a broader strategic effort to address the growing backlog of cases, improve service delivery and ease the burden on the Judiciary's human resource infrastructure.

Making the announcement through a press statement, the Chairperson of JSC and Chief Justice (CJ) of Kenya, Martha Koome, disclosed that the Commission is now proceeding to the next phase of processing the applications.

The advertised positions include Judges of the Court of Appeal with 15 vacancies against 94 total applications received, 20 vacancies for Judges of the High Court against 376 received applications, 10 vacant positions for Judges of the Environment & Land Court against 242 applications received, 100 vacant Resident Magistrates positions against 1,714 applications and 5 vacancies for the Kadhis against 253 applications received.