Attorney General Githu Muigai (R) with Education CS Fred Matiang'i at a past event. [PHOTO/nation.co.ke]
Attorney General Githu Muigai has said that the Judiciary is an independent arm of the government that should not perform its mandate from external influence.
However, the AG noted that this does not make it aloof of criticism and divergent opinion.
Through an interractive segment with readers of the Nation, Muigai said that the independence of the judges does not mean that they are left to make mistakes without constructive criticism.
"The Judiciary is an independent arm of government not subject to control or direction by any person or authority in the discharge of its judicial function," he said.
"The institutional independence of the Judiciary, like all other arms of government, does not, however, serve to insulate it from constructive criticism particularly where it relates to the development of jurisprudence on matters of great public interest such as electoral processes," he added.
The AG further argued that it was still right for people to express their dissatisfaction with the way the courts or individual judges transact their business.
"The Constitution contains various mechanisms for dissatisfied parties to complain about individual judges or courts," he said.