Maraga and Mutunga only added more heat than light

Chief Justice Martha Koome with former CJ David Maraga (left) after receiving instruments of power from Deputy Chief Justice Philomena Mwilu during the assumption of office ceremony held at CJ's Gardens, Supreme Court. May 24, 2021. [Jonah Onyango, Standard]

That two former Chief Justices spoke forcefully on the matter of the appointment of six judges is testament to the seriousness with which the country takes the issue. It also speaks to the maturing of our democracy that the two elder statesmen spoke without fear of retaliation.

Having lived through the 80s and 90s I do not take such developments for granted. We must never regress to the days when innocuous statements like Kanu being dead landed an MP and a Speaker of Parliament in indefinite detention.