Ruto & CJ Koome Reach Consensus

Ruto & CJ Koome Reach Consensus

Ruto & CJ Koome Reach Consensus

Following weeks of conflict, Chief Justice Martha Koome and President William Ruto finally came to an accord on Monday that calls on the three branches of government to cooperate in the fight against corruption.Senior government officials attended the meeting between Ruto and Koome, which resulted in a number of conclusions, according to a statement issued by Hussein Mohammed, the spokesperson for the Statehouse.

According to the statement, the meeting’s leaders all concurred that corruption seriously impedes service delivery in all three branches of government. “Corruption remains an existential threat to the nation which has permeated the three arms of Government, undermining our country’s tremendous development potential and sabotaging the much-needed transformation of our nation” , according to a portion of the statement.

Judiciary Funding

The Judiciary scored a huge win from the meeting after President William Ruto agreed to CJ Koome’s request for increased budgetary support.

As outlined in the statement shared by Hussein Mohammed, the extra funds will facilitate the recruitment of an additional 25 Judges of the High Court.

The money will also facilitate the recruitment of 11 new Judges of the Court of Appeal. Similarly, part of the money will also be channeled towards the Judiciary’s vehicle leasing program to support the judiciary’s transport needs.

Formulation of Policies to Tackle Corruption

The leaders of the three branches of government were also given a 30-day deadline at the conference to submit suggestions to a forum of the National Council of the Administration of Justice (NCAJ), which CJ Koome had called.

It is anticipated that the forum will serve as a road map for the short-, medium-, and long-term actions that must be made to combat corruption across the three branches of government.

The heads of the three branches of government decided to create policies that would combat corruption and improve the quality of services provided to Kenyans in accordance with this strategy.

At the end of the meeting, all three arms committed to carrying out their respective roles in a way that upholds, defends, and strengthens institutional autonomy, the rule of law, and the integrity of court rulings.Notably, the truce follows growing hostilities between the Executive and Judiciary, with the former believing the latter was attacking the former.

The Deputy President, Rigathi Gachagua, had promised to present a petition for Justice Esther Maina’s removal before scrapping the proposal, while the President had already committed to ignoring court rulings in order to forward the government’s goal.