19/04/2024
JUDICIARY-EXECUTIVE DEAL SHOULD GET KENYANS WORRIED: FEBRUARY 2, 2024.
We raised alarm when information emerged that the head of the Judiciary Madam Martha Koome was seeking a meeting with the head of the Executive Mr William Ruto supposedly to iron out differences between the two branches of government. This followed a threat by Ruto and some members of his party and the administration against the Judiciary following a string of unfavorable rulings against the Executive.
We warned that there was more than met the eye in the threats by Ruto and the request for a meeting by madam Koome. We warned that Mr. Ruto’s real intention was to complete the capture of the branches of the government by the Executive by taking over the Judiciary, force it to forever rule in his favour, in addition to populating the institution with loyalists. We also warned that in this entire plan, the Judiciary was showing signs of willingness to prostate itself before the presidency in an arrangement that spells grave danger for the rule of law and the entire country.
We now know what transpired at the State House meeting and it is completely different from the lie the country was fed after that event. We can now confirm that there exists an elaborate plan that will allow Mr. Ruto to appoint friendly judges to the Judiciary, with the complete concurrence of chief Justice Koome. This was among the issues discussed and agreed on during the ill-advised meeting between Ruto and Koome at State House.
At the meeting the Chief Justice and Mr Ruto reached an agreement that will supposedly allow Mr. Ruto to provide additional funding to the Judiciary. In return for this additional funding, Justice Koome is to advertise vacancies for five additional High Court Judges and 11 Court of Appeal judges. This is in addition to the 20 high court judges advertised last year. In that agreement, the five High Court Judges and two Court of Appeal Judges will be for Mr. Ruto to forward to the JSC. And he floated
