Stand-off over judge in Meru only hurts litigants

It is unfortunate that the standoff over the posting of a judge to Meru is threatening to paralyse the dispensing of justice in that station.

What started off as a protest at the transfer of Justice Murugi Mugo from Nakuru to Meru has balooned into a mini crisis. On Tuesday, the boycotting lawyers — who say it is difficult to work with the soft spoken Lady Justice — returned more than 100 files for murder cases as their boycott entered its eleventh day. Last week, the lawyers declined an invite to a meeting with an emissary of Chief Justice Evan Gicheru.