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Did bad blood with Executive influence Judiciary budget cut?

Irshard Sumra. [Photo/Standard]

Very few can deny that the draconian slashing of the judiciary’s budget from the expected Sh31.2 billion to Sh14.5 billion has nothing to do with the nasty past the arm of Government has had with the Executive.

But given the Judiciary has undergone numerous reforms under Chief Justice David Maraga and his able judges, magistrates and other Judicial Service Commission staff, it is not too much for them to get Sh31.2 billion to run their affairs.

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