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Advocate: JSC insincere over handling of Isaac Rutto

Macharia Njeru during the interview on Spice FM on February 10, 2026.

Former Judicial Service Commission (JSC) Vice Chairperson Macharia Njeru has accused the commission of failing to act on allegations that its current vice chair, Isaac Rutto, engaged in partisan politics.

Njeru was reacting to a letter by Judiciary Chief Registrar Winfridah Mokaya to the Consumer Federation of Kenya (Cofek), which said the JSC could not act on the matter because it is before the courts and a petition seeking Rutto’s removal has been filed in the National Assembly.

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