Wednesday, February 20, 2013

Threats against Judiciary futile, says Chief Justice Willy Mutunga


Chief Justice Willy Mutunga (centre) in a group photo with 45 lawyers who joined the advocate's roll during a ceremony at the Supreme Court January 23, 2013. Dr Mutunga said attempts to threaten and intimidate the Judiciary will fail February 20, 2013. FILE
By PAUL OGEMBA  ( email the author)

Posted  Wednesday, February 20  2013 at  13:01
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Chief Justice Willy Mutunga has said attempts to threaten and intimidate the Judiciary will fail.
Dr Mutunga said he had received a "poison-pen letter" from the Mungiki Veterans Groups/Kenya Sovereignty Defence Squad making all manner of threats against judges, ambassadors and himself.
"The letter warns against an adversarial ruling on the presidential and deputy presidential candidacy of Uhuru Kenyatta and William Ruto. The letter extols the violent 'exploits' of the Mungiki Movement and threatens dire consequences," said CJ.
Dr Mutunga said Head of Public Service Francis Kimemia's attempt to block him from travelling outside the country was politically motivated and an emerging trend of intimidating judges as the country heads to elections is worrying.
According to the CJ, he was stopped by an immigration officer from travelling to Tanzania who insisted that he could not travel unless he is cleared by Mr Kimemia.
Dr Mutunga said he was ready to sacrifice his life in defence of the Constitution.

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