Two separate courts in Kenya have ruled against the government on matters close to President William Ruto's heart, indicating the judiciary's independence despite the president's attempts at intimidation.
Following weeks of bitter rows and mud-slinging between President William Ruto and Kenya 's judges, two separate courts have ruled against the government, both on matters close to the president's heart. Firstly, a court on Friday ordered the government to stop taking payments for a new housing levy and just an hour or so later, a different court said the president could not send 1,000 police officers to Haiti, as Mr Ruto had promised the UN.
Analysts see this as a sign that Kenya's judges remain fiercely independent despite what they see as the president's attempts at intimidation. Mr Ruto has recently launched a series of extraordinary attacks on the judiciary, accusing unnamed judges of corruption, while criticising those who went to court to stop government projects
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