Judiciary refutes swearing in Chief Administrative Secretaries

Nairobi, Wednesday, July 5, 2023

KNA by Bernadette Khaduli

The Judiciary has asked a local media station and its editorial management to retract a story it carried alleging that the Judiciary had redeemed itself following a judgment delivered by a three-judge bench of the High Court regarding the appointment of Chief Administrative Secretaries (CASs).

In a press statement sent to newsrooms, the Judiciary termed the story aired Citizen TV on Monday, 3rd July at 9 pm as misleading and dismissed claims that it swore in the 50 appointed CASs at State House, saying that no official of the Judiciary was sent to State House to swear-in the CASs.

The statement further refuted the claims by a Citizen reporter that the Judiciary is long accused of aiding and abetting Executive impunity by participating in the swearing-in of the CASs whose offices have now been declared unconstitutional has redeemed itself for this judgment.

According to Judiciary “This statement is grossly misleading and is meant to discredit the Judiciary whose duty is to determine cases as per the law and the Constitution and is not in the business of redeeming itself from any situation whatsoever.”

The statement further noted that the airing of the story comes even after the Judiciary issued a statement on March 25, 2023 in response to comments by the National Coordinator of the Institute for Social Accountability Diana Gichengo, claiming that the Judiciary presided over the swearing-in of the Chief Administrative Secretaries while the matter was pending in court.

The Judiciary further explained that it has no role in the swearing-in of Chief Administrative Secretaries and does not play any role in the swearing-in of Principal Secretaries and Principal Secretaries.

The Judiciary reaffirms its commitment to upholding the rule of law and the Constitution.

Courtesy ; K. N. A