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"content": "However when we hear from the grapevine that the Cabinet Secretary (CS) has said that the Chief Justice (CJ) will be removed from office before the end of the year, it is still the same conversations that the former CJ, Willy Mutunga, was also canvassing about. He said that he realized that he was actually riding a system full of cartels, and there was nothing much he could do. We need to ensure that even when we give power to the Judiciary, they should follow through in order to confer justice to Kenyans. However, we are in a situation where we are now playing serious politics of patronage. This is muzzling every independent institution in this country, so that you owe your position to the powers that be. How will you ever be independent? How will the will of the people ever prevail? This is a question that we must ask ourselves in essence, because there is a danger of having one story. We are living in very serious circumstances where there is a convergence of interests, therefore divergent opinions may not necessarily be very well tolerated. Mr. Speaker, Sir, it is embarrassing for the CJ of a country to go on national television to complain about not being allowed to have a Mercedes Benz 500 as your equivalent, as the Speaker of the Senate. He also complained about the lack of VIP privileges and of recognition in public. In fact, there was a time I saw that the CJ was not recognized, and in such manner, you imagine that it is a “by the way”. If it has been consistent, then I think we have not fully appreciated that the CJ is actually a President of an arm of Government; he is actually the President of the Supreme Court. Mr. Speaker, Sir, I did not agree with his ruling during the nullification of the Presidential election, of course because I am from the Jubilee Party. However, that does not mean that we should now go ahead and ensure that the Judiciary is not performing. I am saying so because tomorrow, we will appear there and also expect to have justice served to us, as Parliament."
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