Muturi's AG tenure: Legal blunders, ignored advice and bitter exit

Immediate former Public Service CS Justin Muturi and families of the abducted and missing persons at City Motuary, Nairobi, on January 31, 2025. [File, Standard]

The abduction of his son during last year’s youth-led revolt sent all of Justin Muturi’s pent-up frustrations gushing out.

Muturi, the immediate former Public Service Cabinet Secretary who is faulted for handing President Uhuru Kenyatta control of the National Assembly when he served as Speaker, is finding out that he can speak up. Much of it has been about his experience as Attorney General (AG), where he has repeatedly claimed his opinion mattered little.

To some, he might seem unafraid of facing his current boss, President William Ruto, almost goading the Head of State into sacking him. To others, he could pass off as eager to prop himself in the Mount Kenya region by attacking Ruto, currently unpopular in the area.