The war against graft is indisputably on high gear following the unexpected arrest of Deputy Chief Justice Philomena Mwilu on Tuesday.
Given her high profile status in the Judiciary and in the country, DCI boss George Kinoti and the Director of Public Prosecution Noordin Haji were at the Supreme Court at the time of her arrest.
Mwilu was escorted to her car by officers and it drove off towards DCI headquarters along Kiambu road. Kinoti trailed her in a different vehicle. She was arrested shortly after a meeting between the DPP and Judicial Service Commission (JSC).
Operations at the Supreme Court continued, as usual, most of the staff keeping off from journalists. The now troubled DCJ has been accused of financial misconduct involving the Imperial Bank that had collapsed.
She has also been accused of failure to lawfully pay taxes.
In his address to the media shortly after her arrest, Haji said investigations showed the DCJ was culpable of abuse of office.
"The evidence reveals that Mwilu abused her office for personal gain, accepted a gift in terms of money undermining the integrity of the judicial system and the unlawful failure to pay taxes," stated Haji.
This is the second time she has shot into the limelight negatively.
After the landmark ruling by the Supreme Court which nullified August 8, 2017 polls, there was a petition before JSC lodged by Derrick Ngumu, executive director of Angaza Empowerment Network to remove Mwilu from office over alleged misconduct and abuse of office claims.
Ngumu claimed that Mwilu together with Supreme Court judge Isaac Lenaola met NASA co-principal Moses Wetangula in Kileleshwa weeks before the September 1, 2017 ruling that nullified the elections.
She, however, survived the storm.