In one respect, the President has been chastising the courts, but on the other hand, he is keen to follow up what transpires there. President Uhuru Kenyatta, he and his deputy William Ruto have resorted to issuing threats to the Judiciary. Since the Supreme Court nullified last month’s presidential election victory for President Uhuru Kenyatta, he and his deputy William Ruto have resorted to issuing threats to the Judiciary in a manner that undermines that principle. They have made subtle attempts to meddle in judicial matters through remarks that ordinarily sound innocuous but are heavily loaded. JUDICIARYHowever, when President Kenyatta added the rider that “we shall follow up” the matters, he opened doors for interpretations.

Source: Daily Nation September 13, 2017 19:30 UTC