The tight lid of tranquility that has characterised the Supreme Court has been ripped open, exposing an institution full of intrigues and one that is tottering precariously. Read: Leaked: Explosive emails between CJ Mutunga and Njoki Ndung'u after Rawal rulingThe two Supreme Court judges have had a bitter falling out following Ndung’u’s decision to suspend Friday’s Court of Appeal decision to cap judges’ retirement age at 70. The intrigues are laid bare in a series of leaked emails between Chief Justice Willy Mutunga and Justice Njoki Ndung’u, which now threaten to tear apart the apex court, just a year to the general election. And as a proof of the underlying tension in the court, Ndung’u, in a no-hold-barred tactic, accuses Mutunga of “having a specific outcome in mind” of the case. In a series of leaked emails authored soon after Ndung’u issued the prohibitory orders, the image one gets is that of a court characterised by a carefree attitude, mistrust, outright insubordination and where the judges hardly speak to each other.

Source: The Star June 02, 2016 07:07 UTC