Published on March 24, 2025 by Agencies for Kenya Online News
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Former Commission for the Implementation of the Constitution(CIC) chairman Charles Nyachae earned US$2,000 (Sh280 000) for doing nothing as a judge of the East African Court of Justice.
Appearing before the Selection Panel responsible for the recruitment of nominees for the positions of chairperson and members of the Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC), Nyachae explained that he decided to resign from the position because he found it unfair to earn money that he was not working for.
Nyachae explained that the court hardly executed its mandate due to financial constraints.
He noted that the court has been struggling financially in the last few years to the point of becoming dysfunctional.
“As each session was approached, it was cancelled because of financial issues. When this happened practically in the whole of 2023, I said to myself, I am not being fair to the people of East Africa since all this time, every month, I earned US$2,000 (Sh280 000) for doing nothing,” he stated.
The chair of the selection panel Dr Nelson Makanda had asked Nyachae if he would resign as IEBC chair along the way.
“You resigned from a judicial position that does not have similar pressure as this. Are we going to have our chair resign before the end of the day?” he posed.
Nyachae told the panel he resigned from the position after thinking about it for a long time.
“I thought long and decided that I was not adding value to the people of East Africa by remaining in a court which is hardly operating,” he stated.
Nyachae is among 11 candidates who were shortlisted for the position to fill the vacancy left following the end of the tenure of the late IEBC Chair Wafula Chebukati.
The others include; former Judiciary Chief Registrar Anne Amadi, Abdulqadir Lorot Ramadhan, Joy Mdivo, Edward Katama Ngeywa, Erastus Edung Ethekon, Francis Kakai Kissinger, Jacob Ngwele Muvengei, Lilian Wanjiku Manegene, Robert Akumu Asembo, and Saul Simiyu Wasilwa.
