Jubilee Supporters Storm Supreme Court Protesting Possible Collusion With The Opposition

Hundreds of Jubilee supporters on Tuesday stormed the Supreme Court to protest a possible collusion between the judges and the opposition.

The protesters accused the judges of “stealing their victory” by wrongfully nullifying President Uhuru Kenyatta’s victory as aounced by IEBC after the August 8 General Election.

They waved twigs and placards with inscriptions: “No election = Uhuru our President till 2022” and “Wembe ni ule ule” (The razor blade is the same one) and “Uhuru ni wetu” (Uhuru is ours).

They called for Chief justice Maraga’s removal saying he rendered an illegal judgment.

The protest went on as CJ Maraga chaired a meeting of the Judicial Service Commission (JSC).

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Also, it was revealed during the Jubilee supporters protest that two petitions were filed at the JSC seeking the investigation and subsequent removal from office of two Supreme Court judges; Deputy Chief Justice (DCJ) Philomena Mwilu and Justice Isaac Lenaola over alleged gross misconduct.

The two judges are among the four who aulled President Kenyatta’s victory.

The petition was filed by Derrick Malika Ngumu, the executive director of the Mombasa-based Angaza Empowerment Network.

He alleges that the DCJ was in contact with Busia Senator Amos Wako, a counsel on record for Raila Odinga, and James Orengo, the lead counsel for NASA through his sister Margaret Orengo.

He said DCJ Mwilu had a lengthy meeting which centered on NASA’s petition with Senator Wako on August 17, 2017, a day before the NASA petition was filed at the Supreme Court.

By failing to bring to the attention of the court the alleged meetings and telephone communication, Mr. Malik says DCJ Mwilu brings into doubt her impartiality, integrity, independence and exposes judicial misconduct on her part which contravenes “many sections of the Judicial Code of Conduct.”

On the part of Justice Isaac Lenaola, he is accused of meeting with Steve Mwenesi, a Law Society of Kenya representative, an interested party in the NASA petition.

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Mr. Malik claims that Justice Lenaola met with Mwenesi outside the precincts of the court while the hearing of the petition was ongoing at the Supreme Court.

In addition, Justice Lenaola is alleged to have communicated with NASA principal Moses Wetangula through his son Emmanuel Wetangula and ODM’s Director of Communication Philip Etale, including holding physical meetings with them while the NASA case was ongoing.