The Executive is hell-bent on killing judicial independence

Chief Justice David Maraga. Photo: Edward Kiplimo, Standard

Today I want to take Jubilee to the cleaners for its blatant – and unabashed – attacks on the Judiciary. It’s high noon in Kenya, and the political temperatures are abnormal. There’s foreboding in Jubilee. Panic has set in. The party in power feels beleaguered. Perhaps the writing is on the wall.

That may explain why Jubilee’s duo of Uhuru Kenyatta and William Ruto have unleashed unprovoked attacks on Chief Justice David Maraga and the courts. In one recent vitriolic outburst, both Kenyatta and Ruto accused Maraga and judges of colluding to frustrate the IEBC to delay the August elections. They’ve obviously forgotten – if they ever knew it – that the Judiciary is an independent arm of the state.