{"id":109418,"date":"2025-02-03T11:03:29","date_gmt":"2025-02-03T11:03:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/index.php\/2025\/02\/03\/amollo-proposes-fresh-radical-surgery-to-slay-graft-in-courts\/"},"modified":"2025-02-03T11:03:29","modified_gmt":"2025-02-03T11:03:29","slug":"amollo-proposes-fresh-radical-surgery-to-slay-graft-in-courts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/amollo-proposes-fresh-radical-surgery-to-slay-graft-in-courts\/","title":{"rendered":"Amollo proposes fresh radical surgery to slay graft in courts"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>KISUMU, Keny, Feb 3 \u2014 Rarieda Member of Parliament Otiende Amollo has proposed a third round of cleaning the Judiciary in the wake of corruption allegations.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Otiende stated that the previous efforts, including the 2003 radical surgery of the judiciary and the Judges and Magistrates Vetting Board, have failed to \u201cslay the dragon\u201d of corruption.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI think we now need a third round,\u201d said Otiende.<\/p>\n<p>He emphasized that the third attempt should go deeper, beyond what is contained in the Constitution, to address the problem once and for all.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe provisions of the Constitution, as they currently exist, have not resolved the issue. The problem persists, and therefore, we need to design something new,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Ringera \u2018radical surgery\u2019<\/h2>\n<p>The 2003 Aaron Ringera-led \u2018radical surgery\u2019 implicated twenty-three out of forty-five Court of Appeal and High Court judges, as well as eighty-two out of 254 magistrates, in corruption.<\/p>\n<p>Subsequently, the Judges and Magistrates Vetting Board was established to vet the suitability of all judges and magistrates who were in office prior to the promulgation of the new Constitution.<\/p>\n<p>Otiende argued that these processes had little impact, and with corruption allegations still rampant in the judiciary, there is a need for another comprehensive effort.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking on Sunday in Kisumu during the Law Society of Kenya (LSK) West Kenya Branch prayer day, the lawmaker also criticized his colleagues in the legal profession for enabling corruption within the judiciary.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere will be no corruption in the judiciary unless it is facilitated by a practitioner,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>Otiende urged lawyers to take responsibility and clean up their own profession before pointing fingers at the judiciary.<\/p>\n<p>He described some lawyers as \u2018merchants of law,\u2019 who, instead of arguing cases in court, negotiate for favorable outcomes through bribery.<\/p>\n<p>LSK President Faith Odhiambo called on lawyers to maintain integrity and avoid engaging in corrupt practices to influence judgments in their favor.<\/p>\n<p>Odhiambo emphasized that lawyers must speak truth to power, as they are the last line of defense between impunity and the lives of ordinary Kenyans.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cLet us work together for the betterment of this country because one day you may aspire to become judges and magistrates in this nation,\u201d she said.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>KISUMU, Keny, Feb 3 \u2014 Rarieda Member of Parliament Otiende Amollo has proposed a third round of cleaning the Judiciary in the wake of corruption allegations. Otiende stated that the previous efforts, including the 2003 radical surgery of the judiciary and the Judges and Magistrates Vetting Board, have failed to \u201cslay the dragon\u201d of corruption. 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