- The CS dismissed those criticising the president for calling out corruption in the judiciary.
- He insists that the Kenya Kwanza administration is determined to fulfil its mandate to Kenyans.
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Defence Cabinet Secretary Aden Duale has urged President William Ruto to sustain his campaign to weed the judiciary of alleged corrupt officers.
Speaking during a church service in Iten on Sunday, Duale asked the President to continue being firm against corruption in all arms of government.
The CS dismissed those criticising the president for calling out corruption in the judiciary, saying the president has remained consistent.
Duale said that while the President has warned other arms of government against engaging in or tolerating corruption, he must not shy away from doing the same to the judiciary.
''In the Cabinet, you told us against corruption, you told the legislature and even governors against corruption, nobody complained,'' Duale said.
He said while other good officers are serving Kenyans in public service and judiciary without corruption, there are a few who are corrupt.
''Let us root out the few who are corrupt, there are thousands who have got high integrity, we are dealing with the few who are corrupt,'' he said.
At the same time, Duale urged the judiciary not to give in to pressure to frustrate the government's development agenda.
He insists that the Kenya Kwanza administration is determined to fulfil its mandate to Kenyans.
''There is no way one arm of government can derail another arm of government from fulfilling its social contract with the people,'' he said.
Lawyers on Friday staged a peaceful protest to express their displeasure with President Ruto's recent claim that judges are being bribed to stall his projects.
The demonstrations organised by the Law Society of Kenya saw the advocates assemble at the Supreme Court before matching to serve petitions at the Office of the President in Harambee House along Harambee Avenue in Nairobi.
The lawyers say the President's stance is a ploy to bully and force the hands of judges currently handling cases touching key Kenya Kwanza projects to make a favourable decision.
Ruto has insisted that no arm of government will be spared in the fight against corruption.
Speaking in Nanyuki, Laikipia County where he launched the construction of the 200-unit Nanyuki Affordable Housing Project, the President said he will fight the three vices whether they are in the Executive, Legislature, or Judiciary.
Ruto said corruption has delayed the country’s transformation, adding that Kenyans can no longer afford to wait and are eager for transformation that directly impacts their lives.
“We will do whatever it takes to fight corruption,” he said.