Miguna Miguna Berates Mutahi Ngunyi For Urging William Ruto To Break The Law: "Shameless"

• Miguna Miguna and Mutahi Ngunyi engaged in a bitter exchange on the threatening statements by President William Ruto
• Ngunyi advised the head of state to continue defying court orders for the betterment of the country, stating that breaking the laws would transform the country
• Miguna Miguna responded to the political analyst, stating that those who fought for democracy did not disregard the courts

Nancy Odindo, a journalist at TUKO.co.ke, brings more than three years of experience covering politics, news, and feature stories across digital and print media in Kenya.

Lawyer Miguna Miguna has publicly scolded Mutahi Ngunyi for advising President William Ruto to continue breaking the law despite public uproar and protests from the justice system.

Why did Ngunyi advise Ruto to break law?

According to political analyst Ngunyi, Kenya became a multi-party state when anti-colonial fighters violated the laws, leading him to believe that the president should defy court orders to reform the court.

"Dear Ruto, the only way to transform Kenya is to break the law. If we did not disobey court orders in the Saba Saba of 1990, Kenya would still be a one-party dictatorship like Rwanda and Uganda. Darn the law," advised Ngunyi.

Miguna clarified to Ngunyi, who defected to Kenya Kwanza, that the battle for democracy wasn't centred on the Judiciary, but against the alleged dictatorial rule of late President Daniel Moi.

"Shameless. You didn’t participate in the struggle for democracy. It wasn’t a struggle by the statehouse, Moi, KANU, or the executive against the Judiciary. It was a struggle by patriots against the Moi and KANU tyranny that you played guitar to. So, shut up!" responded Miguna.

Judiciary is indeed corrupt, claims Ngunyi

Ngunyi asserted that Ruto's corruption allegations in the Judiciary were not just words, citing the 2003 incident involving 30 judges accused and subsequently dismissed.

His statement was met with serious accusations from the self-declared general of the National Resistance Movement, who claimed Ngunyi had not been punished for his earlier corruption scandals.

"Dear Ruto, you are dead right. The Judiciary is corrupt to the core and from the core. Kiraitu Murungi fired 30 judges in 2003 for corruption. As the executive, you must drain this swamp. Do it for the people, despite the people. One man with God is in the majority. Drain the swamp," Ngunyi told Ruto.

⁩"You aren’t qualified to advise anyone about corruption. You are rotten to the core. You stole public money through the NYS scandal, but you haven’t been punished for it. You intentionally burned down your house a few years ago and stole insurance money," said Miguna.

Miguna urged Ruto to stop the alleged legacy of impunity from the previous administration and demanded the president clarify how he expects ordinary Kenyans to respect the laws and courts he disregards.

William Ruto on Judiciary

On Tuesday, January 2, Ruto accused the Judiciary of promoting impunity, arguing that the courts connived with his opponents to halt his pet projects.

Advising his executive to proceed with their development agenda, Ruto said he would not allow corrupt individuals to deny Kenyans development.

His threatening remarks followed court orders directing him to temporarily stop the implementation of affordable housing funds and universal health coverage projects.

“Our Judiciary, we respect you but judicial impunity by corrupt judicial officers must stop in Kenya...we’ll stop it and whatever it takes,” he said.

“There are a few people, two or three, who went to court and made a deal, and then everything was put on hold... the road was put on hold, Universal Health Coverage was put on hold, housing matters were put on hold... we need to ask questions, we must have a discussion,” he added.