Do you tire from your daily work schedule? Well this is a pain experienced by so many employees who sometimes even have to burn the midnight oil just to achieve set targets by work administrations.
Well, this why Kenya Magistrates and Judges Association (KMJA) has filed an application in the labor court protesting the Salaries and Remuneration Commission (SRC) decision to put them in the same job grade as MCAs.
KMJA argues that the kind of work undertaken by the Magistrates and Kadhis is the same as that of Judges and that they handle more risky cases like robbery with violence.
However, SRC has failed to provide them with security for them while MPs and MCAs have all the security.
Further, KMJA claimed that judicial officers were expected to hear cases from 8 am to 5 pm, yet at the same time, they have to render decisions which they are expected to research on before writing them.
“The time for doing this is not provided for in law. This, therefore, condemns judicial officers to research, draft and write rulings and judgments during their own private time, at night, during annual leave and during weekends as well as in between breaks during workshops, seminars, and conferences,” KMJA says.
The magistrates say that they should either be provided with official transport or given car grants and not car loans.