Senior Counsel Paul Muite has urged a three-judge High Court bench to sentence President William Ruto, Attorney General Dorcas Odour and Head of Public Service Felix Koskei to two years in prison for contempt of court.
The senior lawyer accused the top government officials of deliberately disobeying a binding court order halting the gazettement of seven newly nominated Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC) commissioners.
Appearing before Justices Roselyne Aburili, John Chigiti, and Bahati Mwamuye on Monday, June 23, Muit,e who is representing two petitioners challenging the appointment of the seven individuals, insisted that the trio's actions constituted a blatant and deliberate violation of judicial authority, which he argued severely undermines the rule of law and constitutionalism in Kenya. "These orders were issued by a court of competent jurisdiction.
The President, through the Attorney General, was represented in that court.
