Former Deputy Chief Justice Nancy Baraza (pictured) has decried the unfair treatment she got after being accused of assaulting a security guard at a shopping mall in Nairobi on December 31, 2011.
Baraza in an interview with KTN, blamed her colleagues at the Judiciary for orchestrating her exit after the assault drama yet some of her colleagues in Judiciary and Government have gotten away with worse things.
“I don’t know the politics behind it. But if it is because someone has made a mistake that warrants being tossed out then that is okay. But for me, I feel the standards applied on me were too high in the sense that after I left people have done worse things and they have not been harassed the way I was,” she said.
Baraza’s interview generated varied reactions online after she claimed her collegues acted out of malice to oust her from a seat that has been perceived as jinxed, now that her successor, Justice Kalpana Rawal also exited under a cloud of controversy; and the current holder and Lady Justice Philomena Mwilu, is fighting to stop corruption allegations.
Some Kenyans still condemned the manner in which Baraza handled the security guard, Rebecca Kerubo, on the fateful day as others defended her claiming the bar had since been lowered. Others opted not to revisit the matter.
You pinched Kemunto's nose, threatened her with a loaded gun and got away with it. You should have spent time in jail for assault and threatening Kemunto with bodily harm and death. Nancy Baraza has zero credibility to speak about the judiciary. No jurisprudential record. — Dr. Miguna Miguna (@MigunaMiguna) May 15, 2019
Surely, and like baraza many Kenyan judges behave like Lords. and wigs are coming back to intimidate litigants - Cj Mutunga had done away with them.
Tunoi retired before we could know if kidero bribed him with 200m. — Neffnguyo (@Neffnguyo) May 16, 2019
From the comments many Kenyans don't want this matter revisited because of guilt and shame driven by blood thirsty mobs. Looking at the kind of crooks we elected to office right after this minor incident exposes us as a very hypocritical lot.Anyway the country got what it wanted
— Alex Omondi (@alexomondi3) May 15, 2019
No, it should have been handled differently. She should not have lost a job. That security officer should have been trained to identify n void confrontation with VIPs — Chepakish (@AkishRed) May 16, 2019
No, it should have been handled differently. She should not have lost a job. That security officer should have been trained to identify n void confrontation with VIPs — Chepakish (@AkishRed) May 16, 2019
If Nancy will apologize to Kerubo, then every one deserve second chance — Caro Lusweti (@CaroLusweti) May 15, 2019
I have never been convinced that Nancy Baraza did anything wrong.
I would be happy if she ever serves as a judge again
#KTNPointBlank— I am (@Lawi_Makori) May 15, 2019
Which narrative? Was JSC fair to her? Baraza was removed for pinching a guards nose, current DCJ is embroiled in court cases with serious charges leveled against her yet the JSC has never acted on her.— Mike Musa (@MuhangaMike) May 15, 2019
Baraza, described the incident as “a security lapse’ on her side and insisted her colleagues used the incident to target her with malice for being an “outsider.” She argued that if the same high standards applied against her were used against all State officers, many would be in jail.
