The Interior Ministry has withdrawn Chief Justice Martha Koome's security and scaled down the number of police officers manning courts in the country.
In what now opens a battleground between the Judiciary and the Executive, it has emerged that officers who were protecting Justice Koome were recalled and those who were in the newly created Judiciary Protection Unit reduced.
The withdrawal of the CJ's security and the reduction has prompted the head of the Judiciary to write to Interior Cabinet Secretary Kipchumba Murkomen and Inspector General (IG) of Police Douglas Kanja citing the move as an intimidation tactic.
Koome's letter came hours after the High Court stuck to its guns that the IG and the Director of Criminal Investigations (DCI) Mohammed Amin must appear in person to explain where Justus Mutumwa, Martin Mwau, and Karani Muema are.
