• Ngunyi said referenced his remarks to the mass protests in defiance of former President Daniel Moi's regime in 1990.
• He insisted that should the protests not have happened, Kenya would still be under dictatorship like her neighbours.
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Political analyst Mutahi Ngunyi now wants President William Ruto to break the law, if he wants to transform Kenya.
In a statement on Thursday, Ngunyi referenced his remarks to the mass protests in defiance of former President Daniel Moi's regime in 1990.
He insisted that should the protests not have happened, Kenya would still be under dictatorship like her neighbours.
"Dear Ruto: The only way to transform Kenya is to break the law. If we did not disobey court orders in the Saba Saba of 1990, Kenya would still be a one-party dictatorship like Rwanda and Uganda. Damn the law," Ngunyi said on X.
His remarks come after Ruto for the second time in a week launched a scathing attack on what he termed corrupt judicial officers working in cahoots with graft cartels to stall his development agenda.
An agitated President went further to declare that his administration would defy judgements made by corrupt courts.
“I want to announce here that a few people with vested interests who are beneficiaries of corruption in NHIF are now ganging up with corrupt judicial officers to stall reforms so that fake hospital claims will continue, I want to assure you that this will not happen in Kenya again and we will stop it,” he said.
He insisted that at no point will he allow judicial impunity to continue.
"We are a democracy, we will protect the independence of the judiciary. What we will not allow is judicial tyranny and judicial impunity."
The President's sustained criticism of the Judiciary triggered a national uproar, that saw various groups issue statements to condemn his utterances.
Chief Justice Martha Koome told off Ruto, asking judges to ignore the threats and discharge their duties without fear or favour.
"This recurring trend of discussing in public live matters in court is a matter of great concern as it tends to threaten and intimidate judges and judicial officers to rule in a certain way in matters involving government policy," she said.
Azimio leader Raila Odinga said Ruto's threats against the Judiciary amount to intimidation and disregard of the rule of law and serve as a diversionary tactic from Kenyans' pressing social and economic pressures.