- Speaking on Tuesday, Kabando insisted that the Constitution stipulates how the government can fight corruption.
- He said that this is the route the president should follow.
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Former Mukurwe-ini MP Kabando wa Kabando now says that the planned talks between President William Ruto and Chief Justice Martha Koome will only compromise independent institutions like the Judicial Service Commission and the EACC.
Speaking on Tuesday, Kabando insisted that the Constitution stipulates how the government can fight corruption.
He said that this is the route the president should follow.
"Katiba is succinct & unequivocal about how to fight corruption. Ruto-Koome talks can ruin JSC and EACC," Kabando stated.
His remarks come hours after President Ruto agreed to hold talks with the Judiciary.
Ruto said he is ready for talks with Chief Justice Martha Koome to address alleged corruption in the judiciary.
“Mimi nataka nimwambie madam Chief Justice mimi niko tayari kwa hayo mazungumzo,” Ruto said Tuesday in Nandi.
This translates to, "I want to tell the Chief Justice that I am ready for the talks."
He, however, said the discussion will involve the leadership of the three arms of government.
"I am ready for the conversation on how we are going to deal with vested interests, incompetence and corruption,” Ruto said.
The President’s statement came after Koome revealed that the Judiciary had written to Ruto seeking an audience with the view to establishing the genesis of his complaints against the arm.
Whilst confirming that the President has not filed any complaint with the JSC, the CJ said the Judiciary is ready to interrogate the concerns the President has with the system.
“He might have received information because we have various machinery and agencies for collecting information and we would like to engage him so that he can give us that information," Koome said.
“So we will be looking out for that dialogue, we have written and I believe that the President is going to give us an appointment.”
She said judges are human and feel hurt when their names are dragged and publicly condemned as corrupt especially where no evidence has been presented.
Koome further explained that the Commission has in the last two financial years considered 85 disciplinary cases against judicial officers and staff.
The commission, she added, has also dismissed 71 judicial staff from the service while five were reinstated.
She said 49 cases are under preliminary evaluation by the commission.