The Judicial Service Commission has started investigating judicial officers who handled cases linked to controversial pastor Paul Mackenzie.
In a statement on Thursday, the JSC said it was looking into the records filed to establish if there was any misconduct.
"The JSC which is charged with handling disciplinary issues and the leadership of the Judiciary, are examining the records to establish whether there was any misconduct on the part of judicial officers and staff who handled the matter," JSC said.
The Good News International Church pastor was first charged in 2017 with radicalisation and promoting extreme beliefs.
In 2017 and 2019, he was charged with a total of seven criminal offences to which he pleaded not guilty.
He was released on a bond term of Sh100,000 cash bail or Sh500,000 bond with a surety of same amount, and a cash bail of Sh500,000 or a bond of Sh1 million with a surety respectively.
The Judiciary noted that in 2017, the prosecution filed an application to hold Mackenzie for 30 days to carry out investigations for radicalisation of children.
This is after he and 20 others were found with 73 children in a church in what was believed to have been a radicalisation process.
The court ordered age assessment to be conducted on four of the suspects who were found to be minors and an order for care and protection was issued.
It also allowed the other suspects to be held for a period of seven days for further investigations.
On March 3, 2023, the prosecution yet again moved to court seeking orders to hold the pastor for 14 days in connection to the murder of two children.
The minors had succumbed to starvation and suffocation at Shakahola and buried in a shallow grave.
The matter was heard and Mackenzie released on Sh10,000 cash bail but the bail was later reverted.
He was arrested again on April 15 and has since been in police custody after the court granted the police a 14-day custodial order.
The prosecution of Wednesday said it has obtained fresh orders to continue holding the pastor. The initial 14-day custodial period ends on April 30.
The court has also allowed the exhumation of bodies from the 800-acre Shakahola land.
Chief pathologist was allowed to perform post mortem, toxicology and DNA tests on the remains of the victims.
JSC assured that it will uphold the rule of law in discharging its mandate.
"The Judiciary reaffirms its commitment to upholding the Constitution and the rule of law in the administration of justice," it said.
