'Kirby runs CoA single handedly'

He said the concern was that the Court of Appeal (CoA) was effectively a privatised public institution that operated secretly it was perceived to be singularly run by Judge President, Ian Kirby.

“He is perceived to be the one who effectively decides who should or should not be a Judge. It is widely believed that if you are a Motswana, qualified and experienced - even qualified more than him, if he doesn’t like you, you can’t be a Court of Appeal Judge. The recruitment to the Court is not based on merit. There is no known criteria, no advertisements of vacancies,” Keorapetse said.