The information which judges present to Parley for scrutiny a big joke – Wynter

FORMER justice minister Wynter Kabimba says some of the judges’ profiles and biodata presented to the select committee of Parliament are a big joke because they don’t say anything about a particular individual. And Kabimba says most successful lawyers opt not to become judges because they make more money. In an interview, Thursday, Kabimba agreed with constitutional lawyer John Sangwa’s suggestion that there should be a more rigorous criteria for selecting judges, observing that some of the information currently provided on candidates was irrelevant. “I have seen here, I saw it even when I was minister of justice. When you look at the profiles and the biodata of judges that go to the select committee of Parliament, they are a...