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Subdued CJ seeks truce with Uhuru

Chief Justice and President of the Supreme Court David Maraga. [Maarufu Mohamed/Standard]

When Chief Justice David Maraga spoke yesterday, his message to President Uhuru Kenyatta was that of a man pushed to the edge of a cliff, but had opted for diplomacy to salvage a troubled judicial ship.

Justice Maraga, faced with meager funds and subsequent abrupt cut by Treasury, stalled judges' appointments and alleged weak link in the fight against corruption, had every reason to rant but he metaphorically pleaded for ‘the president’s intervention.’

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