Judges in Kenya have condemned the country’s president, Uhuru Kenyatta who on Friday attacked the judiciary following the Supreme Court’s ruling nullifying his election victory on August 8.
Uhuru Kenyatta despite accepting the verdict of the court for a re-run of the elections within 60 days told party members in Nairobi that the judges were “wakora” or “crooks” in Swahili.
“Even if you are so stupid, ask yourself something, the people elected an MCA, results were transmitted, and no one asked questions. Those of MPs and senators were transmitted, and no one asked questions and they have been sworn in,” Kenyatta said.
Speaking in an angry tone President Kenyatta said “We shall revisit this thing. We clearly have a problem” he said as he further questioned the actions of the judges saying “Who even elected you? Were you? We have a problem and we must fix it.”
Kenyatta went further to say that “The Supreme Court sat and decided that they are the ones with a bigger power than the 15 million Kenyans who woke up, queued in lines, and voted for their preferred presidential candidate. As a Supreme Court, they cannot annul the wishes of the people. And we will revisit this thing.”
But his comments have angered the judges who have called his them an “assault on the judiciary.”
The Kenya Magistrates and Judges Association (KMJA) chief Bryan Khaemba said his group condemns “this assault on the decisional independence of the honourable judges.”
Source: Africafeeds.com
