National Assembly Majority Leader Kimani Ichung'wah has hit out at alleged corrupt officers in the Judiciary.
During an interview on Wednesday, the MP said that there is no space for corrupt judicial officers.
"Watch this space. Some judicial officers will fall because of their actions. They have to because we have a country to run," Ichung'wah said on NTV.
The Kikuyu MP highlighted that the Kenya Kwanza government meant what it said about fighting corruption and the judiciary is not excluded.
"When we say we shall not just speak about corruption but we shall act, that doesn't exclude officers in the judiciary that are corrupt. That is why I said we are not speaking about the judiciary but corrupt judicial officers. Those shall fall," Ichung'wah explained.
Ichung'wah however made it clear that no judicial officer was being threatened.
He noted that Judicial officers who work with integrity and as per the Constitution have nothing to fear.
"This is not a threat. The judiciary knows they are protected by the Constitution. Those who do their work in line with the constitution and do not subject themselves to cartels or corruption, not taking bribes are safe," Ichung'wah added.
In addition, the UDA legislator said that no one in government or outside it was above the law.
"It's a statement of fact. Any member of parliament, Cabinet Secretaries who is corrupt shall fall and any judicial officer will equally fall. They are not exempted from the law," Ichung'wah said.
On Tuesday, President Wiliam Ruto said his administration would stop judicial impunity at all costs.
The President said beneficiaries of graft had teamed up with corrupt judicial officers to deny Kenyans development.
Ruto said his government would not allow beneficiaries of corruption to stop projects meant to benefit the country’s citizens.
“Our Judiciary, we respect you but judicial impunity by corrupt judicial officers must stop in Kenya. We’ll stop it and whatever it takes,” he said.
