Former Chief justice David Maraga with President Uhuru Kenyatta during the official presentation of the Administration of Justice report at supreme court on Feb 28, 2019. [File,Standard]Former Chief Justice David Maraga upped the pressure on President Uhuru Kenyatta to swear in the six judges, warning that the country risked sliding into state of anarchy and lawlessness. Maraga said the public has to pile pressure on the President to appoint the judges – whose nominations he rejected – to stop further abuse of power. Maraga said that the has exposed the judges to “public lynching” and is likely to ruin their careers as they will be perceived by the public as corrupt. “Even before I left office there were suggestions that we swear in those who did not have what they called integrity issues; issues that were never given to us, and we go on because at the time I was complaining of backlog.

Source: Standard Digital June 09, 2021 21:00 UTC