Rarieda MP Otiende Amollo has warned that President William Ruto could rig the 2027 polls and disobey any court orders issued regarding the same.
This follows Ruto’s declaration that he will disobey court orders issued by some judges, especially touching on the implementation of some government projects including Affordable Housing and the Social Health Insurance Act.
According to Amollo, Ruto’s defiance could have been fueled by Chief Justice Martha Koome’s soft stance towards the Kenya Kwanza administration.
“William Ruto is coming out in his true colours! Court orders mean nothing to him. Hope CJ Martha Koome will reconsider the soft approach to this regime, and assert the full authority of courts. If this is not done, he will rig 2027 and disobey Supreme Court orders contrary,” Amollo stated.
Ruto faults judges
Speaking on Tuesday, January 3, 2023, Ruto accused some judges of being corrupt and colluding with cartels to sabotage government projects.
“I want to announce here that few people with vested interests who are beneficiaries of corruption in NHIF are now ganging up with corrupt judicial officers to stall reforms so that fake hospitals claims will continue. I want to assure you that this will not happen in Kenya again and we will stop it,” he said.
“We will not allow these people to derail our plans. The corruption enterprise must come to an end. We’ll deal with them firmly.”
This comes a month after Justices David Majanja, Christine Meoli and Lawrence Mugambi declared the Housing Levy unconstitutional and its continued implementation a contravention of the constitution.
The court, however, allowed the government to continue collecting the levy until January 10 when the case will be mentioned.
The court also suspended the planned implementation of the Social Health Insurance Act, which was aimed at creating the Social Health Insurance Fund to replace the National Health Insurance Fund (NHIF).
