Sponsored sustained attack on the Supreme Court on Social Media

The Judiciary’s attention has been drawn to a recent wave of sponsored sustained attack targeting the Supreme Court of Kenya.nnThe Supreme Court, was established under Article 163(1) of the Constitution 2010 and given original exclusive jurisdiction to hear and determine disputes relating to the elections to the office of the President. The Court has therefore only done its work pursuant to the provisions of the Constitution.nnIt is further noted that the court is yet to render its reasoned judgment which will outline the basis on which the election of the President-elect was upheld. There is a legal provision of 21 days following the reading of the short version of the judgment to do so. Kenyans are therefore requested to exercise patience as they await the full judgment which will shed light and provide clarity on the grounds and rationale of the Court.nnMeanwhile, no Judge of the Supreme Court has written a resignation letter, as claimed in a section of media, because there is no reason to do so. The Court is working in harmony as a cohesive unit.nnFurther, there has been an unfortunate trend of isolating individual judges and attributing the judgment to them. The Court has seven judges who are independent and highly respectful of each other as equals. A ‘UNANIMOUS’ judgment is a collective decision made by the Court and not by an individual.nnThe persons sponsoring and executing the attacks on social media to disparage the Court are advised to desist forthwith.nnThe Supreme Court is committed to diligently serving the people and the Republic of Kenya as per the Oath of the Office that the Honourable Judges solemnly took: nn‘…to impartially do Justice in accordance with the Constitution as by law established,nand the laws and customs of the Republic, without any fear, favour, bias, affection, ill-will, prejudice or any political, religious or other influence.’nnDIRECTORATE OF PUBLIC AFFAIRS & COMMUNICATIONnJUDICIARY