Chief Justice David Maraga has vowed to act on Judges and Magistrates suspected to be on the payroll of drug barons and called on Kenyans with evidence to bring it to authorities. Maraga said if drug dealers had infiltrated the judiciary to buy justice the Judicial Service Commission (JSC) will deal with it as a form of corruption. Mr. Julius Ogogoh, the executive director of Commission for Human Rights and Justice (CHRJ) said that Maraga should investigate the claims that drug barons have infiltrated the courts. "We call upon the CJ to take these allegations seriously because how he deals with drug barons and scuttle their influence in the court could be his legacy," said Ogogoh. Last week, former Director of Public Prosecutions Philip Murgor also claimed that drug barons have infiltrated the Judiciary, the executive and security agencies.

Source: Standard Digital February 15, 2017 13:02 UTC