President Uhuru Kenyatta affirmed to a fact that the judiciary in Kenya is not immune to the temptations of corruption and its officers must guard against criminals out to exploit court processes to escape the consequences of their economic crimes.
President Kenyatta said brokerage of justice has left many Kenyans broken and suffering and their businesses, health and lives destroyed through impunity. He said there are known culprits who exploit the court processes and judgments to escape from the consequences of their economic crimes against the people of Kenya
The President spoke at the Supreme Court grounds, Nairobi where he witnessed the presentation of the 7thState of Judiciary and Administration of Justice Report (SOJAR), 2017/18. The annual report is a statement of accountability in which the judiciary details its successes and challenges during the year in review while drawing a roadmap on how to fix the identified gaps.
Brokers of justice, said President Kenyatta, have persistently exploited the judicial system to block and stall government projects worth huge sums of money. “As I speak, projects worth colossal amounts of money have stalled, either because the court has put injunctions or stopped the processes altogether,” he said.