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When rain clouds gather around Judiciary, beware a mighty 'mugumo' is about to fall

President William Ruto and Chief Justice Martha Koome during the commemoration of 12 years since the establishment of the Supreme Court in Nairobi, on November 4, 2024. [PCS]

The Supreme Court of the Republic of Kenya turned 12 this month in a ceremony presided over by Prezzo Bill Ruto. And what was meant to be a celebration of the milestone turned into a harangue from Prezzo Ruto: the courts must not frustrate the government from achieving its agenda, even if that includes taxing Kenyans to death, forcing GMOs down their throats, or scrapping THIS for THAT.

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