Why judiciary should call the government’s bluff on judges and save country

Interior CS Fred Matiang’i and Immigration PS Gordon Kihalangwa consult when they appeared before the National Assembly Committee on Administration and National Security. [Photo by Boniface Okendo/Standard]

Certainly, the government has grown too big for its breeches (britches). From the baloney that ‘those in government are the servants of the people’, we are witnessing a government and individuals who, while enjoying our collective largesse, have become obnoxious contemporary slave masters.

The time, energy and resources channeled into making a new Constitution, promulgated in August 2010 were a total waste. The blatant violation of fundamental rights, disregard for the rule of law and the deliberate balkanization of the country make nonsense of the preamble to the Constitution: ‘We, the people’. The ‘we’ presupposes Kenyans operate as a united whole, yet nothing could be further from the truth.