Inside the Chief Justice Maraga’s Multi-Million Abandoned Palatial Residence

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Just how rich is our country Kenya? Imagine the number of homeless people in the country, people who cannot even afford an 800 per month rental house.

We have our challenges as a country and one of them must surely be the lack of intelligence. Why would the Kenyan Judiciary purchase a 310 million palatial residence only for it to later remain idle? Idle in Runda.

The Kenyan Judiciary is on the spot over the Palatial residence that has continued to remain unutilized five years into it’s acquisition. An aquisition that was done using taxpayers money.

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The house has been subject of protracted legal battles. It was acquired in 2013 as the official residence of the Chief Justice.

Chief Registrar of the Judiciary Anne Amadi yesterday surprised lawmakers when she said the facility on the upscale Runda estate was not in a habitable state and is currently lying idle even after all cases had been withdrawn.

She appeared before the Justice and Legal Affairs Committee over the 2019-20 Budget Policy statement. The committee is chaired by William Cheptumo, MP for Baringo North.

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Amadi said the last case on the facility was withdrawn last year, but the house requires “some work to be done” before it is occupied. She said the current war on corruption will be greatly hampered by the budget shortfall and urged the Treasury to consider more funding to the institution.

“For us to fast-track corruption cases, we need to increase the number of magistrates which we cannot do now,” Amadi said.

“Kenyans will continue to walk for long distances to get to courts because with the budget cut, we cannot build new courts in the new financial year.”

Should the Kenyan Judiciary be allocated more funding?

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