The Judiciary has dismissed remarks made by State House Spokesman Manoah Esipisu that sought to explain why President Uhuru Kenyatta had not yet constituted a tribunal to investigate Supreme Court Judge Philip Tunoi.
Esipisu had earlier indicated that the Judicial Service Commission (JSC) had not submitted crucial documents meant to aid in the tribunal's investigations on claims that Tunoi received a Sh200 Million bribe from Nairobi Governor Evans Kidero to influence the outcome of an election petition.
On Wednesday, however, the Judiciary defended itself stating that they had delivered all the three documents as stipulated in Article 168 (4) of the Constitution, regarding the content and procedure of such a petition to the President.
“We state for the record that the Commission sent the following documents to the Head of State on February 9, 2016, which were duly received and signed for at the Office of the President; Transmittal letter, Petition and Report of the Findings of the Commission on the Allegations of Bribery Against Justice Philip Tunoi,” asserted Naim Bilal, Director of Public Affairs and Communication at the Judiciary.
Bilal further noted that President Kenyatta had not communicated anything after they delivered the documents or requested for further information in regard to JSC's findings.
The Special JSC committee probing Judge Tunoi's case, announced that he was culpable in the bribery allegations involving Governor Kidero and directed President Kenyatta to form a tribunal to investigate the matter further.
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