President William Ruto has finally broken his silence over his Inspector General of Police Gilbert Masengeli and Judiciary drama that saw Masengeli sentenced to six months in prison.
Speaking on Wednesday, the Head of State urged the Judiciary and the National Police Service (NPS) headed by Masengeli to work together for the common good of the Kenyan people.
President Ruto was speaking during the launch of Reforms of the Police and Kenya Prisons in Nairobi where he discouraged the tiff that has been going on between the two institutions.
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“I am acutely aware that the National Police Service is an independent and so is the judiciary but ultimately we have one master, the people of Kenya. I want to ask all of us to work together selflessly for the good of the nation.”
According to Ruto, despite the National Police Service (NPS) and the Judiciary being independent institutions, there was a need for both bodies to coexist peacefully to ensure that the people of kenya benefit fully from their services.
“I really want to ask for a much more harmonious engagement and relationship between our different arms of the government and also our different independent institutions.”
President Ruto statement comes just days after Judiciary through Justice Lawrence Mugambi sentenced Acting Inspector General of Police Gilbert Masengeli to six months in prison for contempt of court.
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In retaliation, the Acting Inspector General of Police ordered the immediate withdrawal of Judge Mugambi’s security, an action that was condemned by Chief Justice Martha Koome and other leaders over the vindictive nature of the IG.