“…just like the rest of us get used to it” says President Kenyatta to CJ Maraga on the issue of ‘professional bloggers’ pic.twitter.com/vL4ToDr6jP
— Citizen TV Kenya (@citizentvkenya) January 25, 2019
The Kenyan Judiciary has come under a lot of criticism in recent times. Kenyans believe that Chief Justice David Maraga and his team have been hindering the fight against corruption.
The hashtag #JudiciaryMassageParlour was trending for the better part of Friday morning. Kenyans accused Maraga and his team of sleeping with looters, criminals and all sorts crimes.
This did not go down well with Maraga. In his speech during the Anti-Corruption Conference at the Bomas of Kenya, the CJ accused some people of hiring professional bloggers to malign the name of the Judiciary.
“The war against corruption will not be worn by blame-games and by people who are involved here (some are here) hiring professional bloggers to demonise anybody and the Judiciary.” A visibly angry Maraga said.
But wait until you hear President Uhuru’s advice to Maraga. It was something sort of a scene from a comedy movie. The President told him to get used to bloggers ‘like the rest of us’
“I saw you were very angry today especially with a group called the bloggers. We tried to pass a law to stop them from insulting all of us but it was taken to the courts and declared illegal,” Kenyatta said amid laughter. “Get used to it,” he added