National assembly speaker Justin Muturi rejected the petition to remove Chief Justice David Maraga and six other members of the Judicial Service Commission (JSC).
The petition was fronted by lawyer Adrian Kamotho Njenga.This petition came at a time when the Judiciary was under constant attacks by the Jubilee politicians.
The attacks had reached a point where the Jubilee party secretary, Raphael Tuju, who is also a Cabinet Minister without portfolio, wrote a scathing letter direct to the Chief Justice accusing him of being biased among other things.
The CJ has not had it easy. It all started when he annulled the re-election of President Uhuru Kenyatta on September 1st and ordered the Independent Electoral and Boundary Commission (IEBC) to conduct fresh elections.
The president, while vowing to respect the decision of the court, also had a slip of a tongue and promised to 'fix' the judiciary once he gets hold of power.
What followed thereafter was a series of disrespect for court orders by top government officials. The CJ did not keep quiet on this trampling of the law by the executive.
He expressed his displeasure and urged all Kenyans (including top government officials) to respect the rule of law. He also maintained that the independence of the judiciary should be respected by politicians.
When Adrian came up with the petition to eject Maraga, it was clear to all and sundry that it was ill-motivated. That he can even go ahead and say that the CJ is incompetent and has violated the constitution is a shame.
We should let the judiciary do its job without interference and intimidation. We can only achieve the highest level of jurisprudence if respect the independence of the judiciary and obey court orders no matter which position we hold or which political party we belong to.