CJ Mutunga Talks Corruption Levels In Judiciary

Chief Justice (CJ) Willy Mutunga has talked about corruption levels facing the Judiciary amid claims of a graft storm surrounding one of the judges of the Supreme Court.

Mutunga said that there were graft claims facing the Judiciary but admitted that the levels would not exceed those which have been achieved by Parliament.

"I can confirm the Judiciary will never reach the graft levels achieved by Parliament,” said the Chief Justice," he wrote on his Twitter timeline.

The CJ addressed the issue as a response to an earlier statement by Majority Leader in the National Assembly Aden Duale  claiming Mutunga had confirmed that the Judiciary was full of graft.

“Now CJ can confirm that the judiciary and supreme in particular is full of graft,” said Duale in a previous tweet.

The exchange of words between the two leaders followed an NTV report revealing that a Supreme Court judge had reportedly received a Sh200 Million bribe to influence an election petition case against Nairobi Governor Evans Kidero by Kabete Member of Parliament Ferdinard Waititu.

In a press statement posted on Twitter, Mutunga confirmed that he would present the allegations to a special sitting by the Judicial Service Committee, which would investigate the matter.

The verbal fight prompted reactions on social media with each being blamed of supporting corruption by defending their respective institution.

However, Narc-Kenya leader Martha Karua seemed to support the CJ saying that she had talked about graft in Parliament being high while she was serving in the National Assembly.

Meanwhile, Justice Philip Tunoi who is in the middle of the bribery claims has come out to blame succession wrangles at the Supreme Court for his woes.

According to Tunoi, a group of young judges and lawyers had been fighting to push the older ones out in fierce internal wrangles within the Judiciary.

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