Nelson Havi calls for protest to oust CJ Martha Koome
Nelson Havi calls for protest to oust CJ Martha Koome
Former Law Society of Kenya president Nelson Havi has intensified calls for Chief Justice Martha Koome to step down, drawing parallels to protests that led to former Judiciary head Bernard Chunga’s resignation.
In a statement released on Wednesday, September 10, Havi demanded that the same public pressure tactics used against Chunga be deployed to force Koome’s exit from office.
“The protest march that led to the resignation of Bernard Chunga must be deployed to ensure the resignation of Martha Koome,” Havi declared. “We cannot have an incompetent CJ ruining the Judiciary and JSC, and corrupt Judges planning and executing assassinations of Advocates fighting corruption.”
The statement comes amid mounting allegations of systemic corruption within Kenya’s judicial system.
Recent bribery claims by Captain Kung’u Muigai have cast a shadow over the integrity of the courts. The retired officer alleges that 17 judges, including Supreme Court justices, were paid millions in bribes to influence rulings in his long-running legal dispute with Kenya Commercial Bank.
Muigai claimed that Supreme Court judges received $3.5 million (approximately Ksh451 million) in bribes paid through Jersey, while Court of Appeal judges allegedly pocketed $2.5 million (Ksh322.5 million) to dismiss his appeals.
“Our Judiciary is corrupt to the core. Judges take money openly and make rulings the way they want,” Kung’u said.
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The Judiciary has categorically denied these allegations, with spokesperson Paul Ndemo dismissing them as “malicious” and lacking credible evidence.
The Judicial Service Commission previously reviewed Muigai’s bribery allegations and found no evidence of judicial impropriety, dismissing his petition after a year-long investigation.
The Judiciary has been under fire in recent months, as people claim corruption and bribery within courtrooms.
Chief Justice Koome recently defended herself and the judiciary against mounting criticism over the corruption allegations.
In a recent BBC interview, the chief justice strongly rejected claims that she has failed to adequately address bribery in the courts.
“In all these 22 years I’ve been a judge and a chief justice, nobody has ever approached me with a bribe. I would have them arrested,” Koome stated.
Koome challenged her critics to provide concrete evidence to security agencies or the judicial oversight body rather than making unsubstantiated accusations.
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