President Uhuru Kenyatta. Photo/the-star.co.ke
President Uhuru Kenyatta is facing a new headache in one of his stronghold over a petition to oust Justice Isaac Lenaola and DCJ Philomena Mwilu withdrawn.
Leaders from Samburu have said that they will withdraw support for Jubilee if the petition is not withdrawn.
Led by County Assembly Speaker Solomon Lempere, they condemned the attack on Supreme Court judges.
"We are dismayed by unwarranted allegations against Lenaola," he said in a press statement.
"As the Maa people, we will not sit and watch as innocent people are discredited to satisfy political egos."
A private citizen has filed a petition seeking to have the judges ousted for allegedly working with NASA lawyers during the presidential petition hearing.
He said though Samburu is a Jubilee stronghold and warned that residents may decamp to NASA.
"We stand with Lenaola as the son of our soil and we will hold the government fully responsible should anything untoward happen to him or any member of his family," he added.