- Orengo reminded the president that there are ways, which are legal and can be used to overturn the judicial decisions which are aggrieving him.
- "There is always a legal mechanism of overturning judicial decisions obtained by fraud or for cleaning a rogue judiciary,' he wrote on his X account.
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Siaya Governor James Orengo has joined in the debate over the remarks made by President William Ruto concerning the Judiciary.
Orengo told Ruto that there are other ways, which are constitutional and can be used to overturn the judicial decisions which are aggrieving him.
"There is always a legal mechanism of overturning judicial decisions obtained by fraud or for cleaning a rogue judiciary,' he wrote on his X account.
His remarks come after Ruto on Tuesday accused the judiciary of allegedly acting in impunity and colluding with cartels to stall government projects and frustrate efforts by the Kenya Kwanza administration.
Speaking in Nyandarua, Ruto assured that while his resolve to protect judicial independence remained unwavering, he will not allow a few individuals to abuse the judicial process by bribing judges to render rulings in their favour.
"I want to announce here that a few people with vested interests who are beneficiaries of corruption in NHIF are now ganging up with corrupt judicial officers to stall reforms so that fake hospital claims will continue. I want to assure you that this will not happen in Kenya again, and we will stop it," he said.
"We will protect the independence of the Judiciary, [but] what we will not allow is judicial impunity and tyranny," Ruto said.
This was however seen as "infamy" to the country's constitutional order by Governor Orengo.
In his statement on Thursday, Orengo noted that there are ways to deal with what the president is referring to as "judicial impunity and tyranny", save for disobedience.
"This is infamy to our constitutional order. The office of the president has many tools, and disobedience of inconvenient court orders is certainly not one of them," he said.
"But every citizen, including public officers, have the power to defy illegal orders from their superiors."
According to the law, Ruto can overturn the orders by filing for an appeal, or application for stay orders and application for reconsideration.
Another way is to argue against a court decision through constitutional challenge if the same violated a right.