Welcome CJ Maraga, but it could be lonely at the top

Welcome to the world of controversy, deceit and backstabbing, Chief Justice David Kenani Maraga. You have just been ushered into shark-infested waters. Suspicion, mistrust and betrayal is the order of your new day. You are now the foremost administrator of the Judiciary. You are the President of the Supreme Court and the Chairman of the Judicial Service Commission. The perch is attractive, no doubt.

Yet you will want to remember the late Joseph Kamotho. As a Cabinet Minister in the Moi Government he told Kenyans that it could be very lonely at the top. That is the top that you have now ascended to, after grueling and even, sometimes, humiliating interviews. Your private space and that of others has been invaded, in the process. Your religious faith and personal integrity has been questioned.