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The Judiciary is facing renewed scrutiny as concerns grow over judicial accountability, public confidence and the perception of equal justice under the law. [Courtesy]
In the village, elders had a peculiar way of settling disputes. They would sit beneath the oldest tree, listen until even the birds grew tired of chirping, and only then would they speak. Their greatest fear was never making a wrong decision. It was making the right decision in a way that left the village believing justice had been sold at the market.
That is where Kenya finds itself today.
The ongoing standoff between the Judiciary and the Law Society of Kenya is not merely a quarrel between learned friends in expensive robes. It is the sound of the nation's conscience knocking on the courtroom door. Lawyers have downed their tools, demanding accountability, impartiality and faster investigations into allegations of incompetence and corruption within the justice system. When the guardians of the law begin protesting the temple they serve, even the village drunk stops to listen.
