Judiciary, Executive should thrash out their differences

Chief Justice David Maraga is not a happy man. The Judiciary, it would seem, is under siege. He has expressed his frustration as the Judiciary slowly grinds to a halt, and with it, the administration of justice because of financial constraints occasioned by a Sh3 billion cut in its 2019/2020 budgetary allocation.

Indeed, judiciary’s request for Sh31.2 billion was scaled down to Sh14.5 billion, from which the Treasury bit off a further Sh3 billion. However, in a case filed by the Law Society of Kenya against the National Treasury, Justice Makau Mutua ordered the Treasury not to effect the budget cut.