Deputy President William Ruto has assured the Judicial arm of the government of his full support and that of the executive where the presidency sits.
Speaking on Thursday, during the launch of a status report on the Judiciary at the Supreme Court, the DP defended the executive over its unending rows with the courts.
He explained that the executive has been finding it hard avoiding to criticize the executive due to its inability to watch the Chief Justice David Maraga-led department go astray.
“When you hear us criticising the Judiciary, it is because we support the Judiciary and it is in that context that we make such comments," Ruto was quoted by the Standard.
The event was also attended by President Uhuru Kenyatta who congratulated the Judiciary for its hard work.
On his side, Maraga said that the institution is doing it's best to clear case backlog and has since managed to clear all cases which have been pending for over five years.
"We have had challenges in the backlog of cases. There has been a steady growth of the cases. Our aim is to ensure that we do not have cases that are more than five years old,” he said.
He also called upon the executive to help allocate the courts a piece of land in Nairobi's Kilimani area where it seeks to establish an appellate court.
This comes at a time when the two bodies have been locked in a battle of words regarding the reignited war on graft.
The executive under President Uhuru Kenyatta has been accusing the Judiciary of being lenient on suspects and giving them an easy way out.
But the Judiciary is blaming the investigative bodies of not providing it with sufficient evidence, leading to the acquittal of the suspects.