Interior Cabinet Secretary Kipchumba Murkomen has slammed former Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua following his utterances regarding the impeachment of Chief Justice Martha Koome from office.
According to Murkomen, judicial officials are apppraised based on their level of competence to lead the Judiciary and not on a tribal basis.
“Other people are saying that they are defending the Judiciary through their tribe. If a judge is being defended to remain in office because of his tribe, that is a very serious problem in the country. I thought every judge is there by virtue of competence and capacity to lead the judiciary,” he said.
“His Excellency the president is a nationalist and he is not going to get into these conversations of shareholding here and there,” he added.
Speaking during the same event, the Mogotio Member of Parliament Reuben Kiborek asserted that the President has no intention to oust the Chief Justice.
“You are pretending to be supporting CJ Koome with a clear intention that you have a case before the court, and you know that case will end in the Supreme Court in the hands of the CJ. So pretending that you are defending Koome is to try and influence the case. That amounts to corruption,” he stated.
On his part, the Environment Cabinet Secretary Aden Duale, urged the former DP to refrain from attacking the president and should wait until 2027 to execute his political agenda.
“To my former friend and Deputy President, don’t become pedestrian, when you take the mic, you are in charge and you should tell the truth. Leave the President alone, wait for your time in 2027, and have an agenda for the people of Kenya,” he said.
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