The Judiciary has issued a sharp rebuttal to a story published by Citizen Digital on February 11, 2025, titled “NTSA, TSC, Judiciary Among Kenya’s Most Corrupt Institutions – EACC Report”, calling out the headline as misleading and inaccurate.
According to the Judiciary Spokesperson, Hon. Paul Ndemo, the article authored by Moses Kinyanjui misrepresents the findings of the National Ethics and Corruption Survey of 2023 released by the Ethics and Anti-Corruption Commission (EACC). The Judiciary is not listed among the top ten or even the next four institutions with the highest graft prevalence, contradicting the article’s headline.
“The discordance between the title and the body of the article is sharp and deliberate,” Ndemo stated, questioning the editorial choice to include the Judiciary in the headline despite its absence from the report’s list of high-prevalence institutions. He urged the media to practice responsible journalism, emphasizing the need to avoid disinformation.
Ndemo affirmed that the Judiciary remains open to public scrutiny and acknowledged the necessity of combating corruption within its ranks. In 2021, Chief Justice Martha Koome invited the EACC to review the Judiciary’s systems to identify potential loopholes, and recommendations from this review are being implemented. Additionally, measures such as the establishment of Integrity Committees in every court, a fully-fledged Judiciary Ombudsman unit, and the digitization of court processes are aimed at enhancing transparency and reducing corruption.
The Judiciary praised the public’s vigilance against corruption and called on the media to uphold its watchdog role with professionalism. “Media has a big role to play in fighting corruption,” Ndemo concluded, urging against sensationalism and disinformation.
