The Law Society of Kenya has faulted President William Ruto over his remarks on sugar cartels.
The President while addressing a roadside meeting in Western Kenya spoke tough on sugar cartels saying he will deal with them decisively.
“Hawa wakora wote watoke. Hio kampuni ni ya wananchi na tutaipangia upya. Hakuna kesi tutaentertain hapo. Kesi watoe na wao wenyewe watoke,” Ruto said.
“Wakitaka kuniletea kisirani either wahame Kenya ama nitawaweka jela ama wasafiri waende mbinguni.”
The remarks by the President have triggered a storm among Kenyans with a section of leaders and civil society organisations demanding he rescind the remarks.
LSK President Eric Theuri while addressing said that he should apologize to Kenyans.
"The demand that we want to make on the President is to not only withdraw and apologize for those very unfortunate remarks but also to allow the due process of law to take its cause to its logical conclusion," he said.
"In a court of law, we have laws that ensure equality of parties that appear before it and each party has an opportunity to present the case they have before an impartial arbiter who is the court, to interfere in those processes before the court has made its determination is to undermine the rule of law and authority goes against the constitution."
LSK, Amnesty International Kenya, Kenya Human Rights Commission and Haki Africa questioned the government's commitment to upholding the right to life and protection of persons against cruel and inhumane treatment.
The human rights group said the constitution guarantees every person the right to access courts and the right to have every dispute determined in accordance with the laws of the land.
"This is a chilling statement that constitutes; a threat to the right to life, a threat to access to justice and the right to seek judicial intervention and a threat to the independence of the judiciary," Theuri said .
