Attorney General Paul Kihara officially took over from Prof Githu Muigai on Tuesday and did not waste time in stamping his authority.
Speaking during the handing over ceremony at Sheria House, Kihara warned that during his tenure all judicial officers will be expected to adhere to the Constitution, failure to which they will face the law.
“We must render services led by the Constitution. There will be no room for any officer who falls short of this.
“There is a lot of work to be done. I am bit horrified by the number of files I have been shown, but we need to get the work done," he remarked.
[caption caption="Outgoing AG Githu Muigai (left) and his successor Justice Paul Kihara"]
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His statements come just a few hours after Interior CS Fred Matiang'i revealed that some officials of the judiciary, activist lawyers and members of the civil society are working against the government.
"There is a certain clique of judicial officers who have gotten into 'unholy relationship' with a clique of Opposition activists to derail the government.
"It is like there is a race on which judicial officer will injunct the government, and the higher the officer may be the better.
"It is the case of collusion between activist lawyers, judicial officers and elements in civil society to drag us," he remarked as he appeared before MPs to testify on the Miguna Miguna deportation saga.
Kihara was nominated by President Uhuru Kenyatta following the resignation of former AG Muigai several weeks ago.
During the same function, Muigai defended his record at the State Law Office, saying he did his best, and that he trained and maintained a professional team.
“I am not going to use this function to defend my record but just to say this: every objective historian will say I and my team made every best effort here,” he stated.
[caption caption="Githu Muigai"]
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