included greater insulation between the Supreme Court and the executive, doubling the national judicial budget, and a new vetting process for judicial appointments. However, by the 2013 elections, old habits rose to the fore. When an opposition leader challenged the findings of the Independent Election and Boundaries Commission (IEBC), the Supreme Court dismissed the petition and unanimously ruled that election had been conducted in accordance with the constitution. While the findings of this report remain contested, the integrity of the courts continues to be called into question. A month after the Supreme Court denied the petition, it was revealed that the chief registrar of the Supreme Court had embezzled 25 million USD. Pervasive corruption in the courts thus remains a lingering issue, and bribes to sitting justices are still common. Table 1: Probabilistic Model (LDA) Topic 1: 2: 3: Topic 4: Rank Judicial function Corruption Constitutional Criminal 1 court government president police 2 justice corruption government person 3 judge public constitution case 4 judiciary service person prison 5 case development political child 6 chief national election crime 7 judicial report government 8 law judiciary parliament suspect 9 high system power violence 10 lawyer ministry mp security 11 public sector law woman 12 committee million state law 13 office ministry national human 14 appeal economic leader international 15 president bank minister court Table 2: Static Model (NMF) Topic 1: Topic 2: 3: Topic 4: Rank Judicial function Corruption Constitutional Criminal
included greater insulation between the Supreme Court and the executive, doubling the national judicial budget, and a new vetting process for judicial appointments. However, by the 2013 elections, old habits rose to the fore. When an opposition leader challenged the findings of the Independent Election and Boundaries Commission (IEBC), the Supreme Court dismissed the petition and unanimously ruled that election had been conducted in accordance with the constitution. While the findings of this report remain contested, the integrity of the courts continues to be called into question. A month after the Supreme Court denied the petition, it was revealed that the chief registrar of the Supreme Court had embezzled 25 million USD. Pervasive corruption in the courts thus remains a lingering issue, and bribes to sitting justices are still common. Table 1: Probabilistic Model (LDA) Rank Topic 1: Judicial function 2: Corruption 3: Constitutional Topic 4: Criminal 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 court justice judge judiciary case chief judicial law high lawyer public committee office appeal president government corruption public service development national report judiciary system ministry sector million ministry economic bank president government constitution person political election parliament power mp law state national leader minister police person case prison child crime government suspect violence security woman law human international court Table 2: Static Model (NMF) Rank Topic 1: Judicial function Topic 2: Corruption 3: Constitutional Topic 4: Criminal
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