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[Dr. Job]

CJ backs call to shun leaders over integrity

By NATION CORRESPONDENT | Posted Wednesday, January 23 2013 at 21:18

In Summary

Dr Willy Mutunga said the move by the Law Society of Kenya (LSK) is an effort at implementing the Constitution in letter and spirit.
The Chief Justice has supported a campaign by lawyers to rally Kenyans to reject candidates of questionable integrity in the March 4 General Election.

Dr Willy Mutunga said the move by the Law Society of Kenya (LSK) is an effort at implementing the Constitution in letter and spirit.

He said the LSK report titled ‘Realising Integrity Law; Walking the Talk', the impetus behind the campaign was a compilation of several reports by credible commissions set up over the years.

"The report supports implementation of the Constitution," the CJ said on Wednesday at the Supreme Court.

The report which was released last week calls on Kenyans to reject leaders who have been implicated in several scandals saying they are unfit to hold any public office.

They include a presidential aspirant, a running mate, permanent secretaries, MPs, provincial administrators, top police and military officers, lawyers, diplomats, Cabinet ministers and tycoons.

Dr Mutunga threw his weight behind the campaign that will see the LSK mobilise its more than 10,000 lawyers countrywide to conduct a two-day pro bono work in early February.

"I want you to support the campaign," said the CJ while addressing 45 lawyers he swore into the Bar.

CJ backs call to shun leaders over integrity - CAMPAIGN NEWS - elections.nation.co.ke

 

[Edzeame]

The new constitution should be applied to the latter is quite a noble call by the LSK backed by the CJ, and leaders of questionable characters as well must be barred from elective positions, leaders also involved in past scandals of mega-corruption must be barred from getting into elective offices. That noble call should also come out of mutunga's mouth otherwise it will be like adding new wine in old wineskins. If the CJ can start application of the constitution of applying the leadership and integrity bill, so many people will be affected.

Judges under the old constitution that failed to give needed judgement at the Goldernberg and anglo-leasing trials were sent packing in the spirit of the new constitution and culprits that escaped justice aided by these judges unfortunately are running for elective positions under various coalitions. They should further be tracked and made to pass the leadership and integrity test, a bill signed into law by the president that reformers with their foes that campaign for youthful leadership have hand-in-hand worked hard to frustrate its application.