President William Ruto has announced he is ready to meet with Chief Justice Martha Koome and the leadership of the Legislature over corruption in the government.
Speaking on Tuesday, January 16 while commissioning Tinderet Technical and Trainers College, the President said he will lead the conversation on corruption in Kenya.
“I want to tell madam Chief Justice I am ready to have a meeting between the Executive, the Judiciary, and the Legislature on how we are going to deal with vested interest, incompetence, and corruption because it is delaying, derailing, and sabotaging the progress of Kenya,” said Ruto.
He added,“ I am going to lead from the front in that conversation so that we can deal with the monster that is destroying our country and deal with those corrupt individuals who go to court once they have been investigated and know they are going to be charged obtain orders that they can’t be charged.”
Ruto also said they will discuss how some individuals are going to court to sabotage the Affordable Housing Programme and the Universal Health Coverage.
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The Head of State mentioned he is happy the Judiciary and the Legislature are willing to have a conversation on corruption in the country.
His remarks come a day after CJ Koome said the Judicial Service Commission (JSC) has written to the President seeking an audience with him over his recent claims of corruption in the Judiciary.
The Chief Justice while addressing the media on Monday observed that President Ruto might have received reports on corruption in the Judiciary.
“We have written requesting for an appointment with the President so that we as the commission can have a dialogue to discuss and find out what is the real issue,” Koome stated.
“He might have received reports because we have various government agencies with the responsibility of collecting information and we would like to engage him so that he can give us the information.”
