Judiciary has affirmed it's a fearless custodian of justice

President Uhuru Kenyatta and former Prime Minister display a copy of the during the presentation of the Building Bridges Initiative (BBI) report at Kisii State Lodge. [File, Standard]

Understandably, supporters of proposed constitutional amendments through the Building Bridges Initiative (BBI) are upset. They have taken umbrage at perceived slights against President Uhuru Kenyatta by last week’s five-bench judgment that appears to have put paid to BBI’s efforts.

At first blush, the judgment seemed targeted. In the words of BBI secretariat co-chairman Junet Mohammed, a “personalised attack against the person and Office of the President.” But a perusal of the entire judgment, though parts of it have been written with some asperity, reveals it to be an objective indictment of the BBI.