President William Ruto and Chief Justice Martha Koome have agreed on six vital items following a meeting held at State House to discuss allegations of corruption in the judiciary.
Ruto and Koome met on Monday with the leadership of the three arms of government to roll out a blueprint to end corruption in the courts, magnify accountability, and ensure the smooth delivery of services to Kenyans.
State House Spokesperson Hussein Mohamed has released a statement listing things agreed upon in the meeting.
1. Corruption remains an existential threat to the nation which has permeated the three arms of the government, undermining the country’s tremendous development potential and sabotaging much-needed transformation.
2. Each of the three arms of the government commits to enhance service delivery, fight corruption, and promote the overall administration of justice to enhance accountability to Kenyans.
3. The Executive, Legislature, and the Judiciary agree to individually develop policies, guidelines, regulations, and legislative proposals to achieve the objective of fighting corruption, improving service delivery, and enhancing institutional accountability of all arms of the government to the people of Kenya.
4. Within 30 days, each arm of government will submit the proposals made to a forum of the National Council of the Administrations of Justice ( NCAJ) convened by Her Ladyship the Chief Justice. This forum will provide a roadmap for the immediate, medium-term, and long-term measures to be undertaken.
5. To optimize the efficient delivery of service and the fight against corruption, the Executive, and the Legislature will support the Judiciary’s request for additional budgetary support to achieve among others the following.
a. To facilitate the recruitment of an additional 25 Judges of the High Court.
b. To facilitate the recruitment of 11 new Judges of the Court of Appeal.
c. Resources will also be provided to conclude the vehicle leasing program to facilitate the judiciary’s transport needs.
6. The Executive, Legislature and Judiciary commit to perform their functions in a manner that respects, promotes and enhances the rule of law, institution independence, and respect for court decisions.
Chief Justice Martha Koome held a meeting with President William Ruto at State House, Nairobi, Monday morning to discuss allegations of corruption in the judiciary.
The meeting was also attended by National Assembly Speaker Moses Wetangula, Attorney General, Justin Muturi, Deputy Chief Justice Philomena Mwilu, and Solicitor Shadrack Mose.
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