The Centre for Development and Enterprise (CDE) is calling on the new Chief Justice, Mandisa Maya, to play an active role in reforming the Judicial Service Commission (JSC) so that the country's best legal talent can be selected as judges. CDE says the quality of judges is declining, and more acting judges are being employed to clear case backlogs. The Centre for Development and Enterprise has released a report titled " How to appoint a strong judiciary". Sakina Kamwendo spoke to Ann Bernstein, who is the Executive Director for the Centre for Development and Enterprise