Nyeri Town MP Ngunjiri Wambugu has asked Chief Justice David Maraga to defend him against the backlash that resulted from the petition he filed seeking to remove him [Maraga] from office.
On Sunday, the Jubilee MP stated that it was wrong for the Kisii community and NASA to attack him for his petition which he later withdrew after President Uhuru Kenyatta's intervention.
"In April, the CJ told off President Uhuru Kenyatta for suggesting that Kisii's were in government because the Chief Justice is 'one of their sons'. Maraga was furious at having his position made into a political community issue.
"I am really hoping the CJ will come out publicly and defend me from those people saying my petition against him was an attack on the Kisii," Ngunjiri conveyed.
On Friday, the Nyeri Town MP announced his decision not to pursue the controversial petition he filed seeking to remove Chief Justice David Maraga from office.
Mr Wambugu stated: "I stand by the grievances in the Maraga Petition but due to the current political environment I will not pursue it, for now."
This was after President Uhuru Kenyatta asked him to withdraw the petition.
Speaking at a meeting of Jubilee Party leaders from across the Central region, President Uhuru addressed the issue, telling Mr Wambugu: "I understand your pain and action. But we have an election to win on Oct. 17th. That has to be our focus.Leave the court alone. All we want is for the will of the people to prevail."
On Thursday, the former columnist and political strategist filed a petition at the Judicial Service Commission seeking the removal of Maraga from office.
In a 14-page petition, Wambugu claimed that Justice Maraga had begun undertaking "a judicial coup".
Jubilee leaders led by Secretary-General Raphael Tuju had also distanced the party from the petition, noting that Mr Wambugu filed it in his capacity as a private citizen.
Aden Duale and Kipchumba Murkomen, who are leaders of Majority in the National Assembly and the Senate respectively, have also dissociated themselves from the petition.
