• Early this month President Ruto accused the Judiciary of teaming up with cartels to stall his legacy projects.
• CJ Koome said the Judiciary is ready to interrogate the concerns the President has with the system.
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President William Ruto on Monday morning held a meeting with Chief Justice Martha Koome at State House.
This is in a bid to end the stand-off between the Executive and Judiciary over corruption claims on judges.
Speaker of the National Assembly Moses Wetang'ula, Deputy CJ Philomena Mwilu and Attorney General Justin Muturi were also part of the meeting.
State House Press Secretary Emmanuel Talam who spoke to the Star confirmed the meeting.
Early this month President Ruto accused the Judiciary of teaming up with cartels to stall his legacy projects.
"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," he said during burial in Nyandarua.
The utterances made on January 2, elicited reactions from several associations.
On January 15, CJ Koome said that the Judiciary wrote to Ruto seeking an audience with the view to establishing the genesis of his complaints against them.
The CJ said the Judiciary is ready to interrogate the concerns the President has with the system.
“He might have received information because we have various machinery and agencies for collecting information and we would like to engage him so that he can give us that information," Koome said.
“So we will be looking out for that dialogue, we have written and I believe that the President is going to give us an appointment.”
President Ruto later agreed to hold talks with the Judiciary.
The Head of State said he was ready for talks with Chief Justice Koome to address alleged corruption in the Judiciary.
“Mimi nataka nimwambie madam Chief Justice niko tayari kwa hayo mazungumzo,” Ruto said Tuesday in Nandi.
This translates to, "I want to tell the Chief Justice that I am ready for the talks."
He, however, said the discussion will involve the leadership of the three arms of government.
"I am ready for the conversation on how we are going to deal with vested interests, incompetence and corruption,” Ruto said.