Defence Principal Secretary Patrick Mariru is a man under siege for failure to comply with three court orders related to former soldiers.
The orders issued by Justice John Chigiti are compensation claims by soldiers who were accused of taking part in the failed 1982 coup, but were later exonerated by the courts.
The amounts being demanded by the ex-soldiers in the three cases are in excess of Sh280 million due to the interest accrued since the judgments were entered.
Mariru's defiance of the court orders contrasts with the promise by President William Ruto in his 2022 election manifesto to obey court orders.
