Kenya CJ reveals threats, State intimidation

Posted by WAMBUI NDONGA on February 20, 2013

The CJ disclosed that the letter warned him of dire consequences from the dreaded Mungiki sect/FILE

NAIROBI, Kenya, Feb 20 – Chief Justice Willy Mutunga has revealed that he recently received threats over the integrity case that involved Jubilee presidential candidate Uhuru Kenyatta and William Ruto.

The CJ disclosed that the letter warned him of dire consequences from the dreaded Mungiki sect.

Mutunga accused the State of harassment and recalled an instance when an immigration official tried to bar him from travelling out of the country to Dar-es-Salaam, since he did not purportedly have clearance from the Head of the Civil Service Francis Kimemia.

The CJ declared he will not be cowed and explained that he does not need clearance from Kimemia to leave the country.

He has also expressed concern that judges are being threatened politically ahead of the elections.