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Devolution Cabinet Secretary Mwangi Kiunjuri and MPs Kanini Kega (Kieni) and Esther Murungi (Nyeri Town) want a referendum called to check on what they term as “excessive powers” of the Judiciary. Obviously, the MPs are frustrated that the Judiciary is not letting them get away with inconsistencies and illegalities in the affairs of running the country.
That is how it ought to be. But that is no reason for the siege mentality creeping in the Jubilee ranks. Discrediting the Judiciary for not ruling in their favour can only stoke up unnecessary tension in an electioneering period. Granted, there are times when the general feeling is that the Judiciary has crossed the line and the actions of its members have been deemed dishonourable. The Judiciary has, however, opened itself up for scrutiny and where cases of impropriety have been proven beyond reasonable doubt; those in question have been removed from the Bench.
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