Audio By Vocalize Supreme Court in Nairobi. Concerns about judicial integrity have also resurfaced in public debate. [File, Standard] The Standard’s weekend headline landed with unusual force: ‘Unholy trinity: Kenyans left alone as three arms of government close ranks’. Most readers probably nodded when they reached the sections about the Executive and the National Assembly. That alignment no longer surprises anyone. In recent years Parliament has often appeared willing to run errands for the Executive, and the political relationship between President William Ruto and Speaker Moses Wetang’ula or even Senate’s Amason Kingi reflects the pragmatic bargaining that defines Kenyan politics. When…
Author: By George Nyongesa
Audio By Vocalize Supreme Court in Nairobi. Concerns about judicial integrity have also resurfaced in public debate. [File, Standard] The Standard’s weekend headline landed with unusual force: ‘Unholy trinity: Kenyans left alone as three arms of government close ranks’. Most readers probably nodded when they reached the sections about the Executive and the National Assembly. That alignment no longer surprises anyone. In recent years Parliament has often appeared willing to run errands for the Executive, and the political relationship between President William Ruto and Speaker Moses Wetang’ula or even Senate’s Amason Kingi reflects the pragmatic bargaining that defines Kenyan politics. When…