CJ Maraga Opens a Door for the Prosecution of His Judges

Chief Justice David Maraga has asked lawyer Ahmednasir Abdullahi and others with information on graft at the Supreme Court to file petitions or table evidence at the Judicial Service Commission.

This follows allegations made by Senior Counsel Ahmednasir about some of the Supreme Court judges receiving bribes in the recent ruling on the Wajir gubernatorial petition.

“For us to succeed and reduce it (corruption) every Kenyan of goodwill must say no to it. In the last few weeks, Senior Counsel Ahmednasir Abdullahi publicly claimed that some judges of the Supreme Court were bribed to decide the Wajir gubernatorial petition in the way they did. I challenge him to file a petition and assure him that the Judicial Service Commission will take stern and appropriate action against those judges if given the evidence of alleged corruption,” said CJ Maraga.

On his part, Ahmednasir said he has “overwhelming” evidence.

“I wish to thank the Hon CJ David Maraga for this… my client’s petition to the JSC is almost ready. I want reassure all Kenyans of goodwill and the Hon CJ in particular that my client will file the petition… and the evidence is overwhelming,” he tweeted.

This comes a day after Supreme Court Judge Mohammed Ibrahim demanded an apology from the lawyer for publishing defamatory words against him over the Wajir gubernatorial election petition.

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