“Remember you need police security on your way home after the ruling,” Tuju tells Judges
Jubilee Secretary General Raphael Tuju has come under fierce criticism from a section of Kenyans following his comments on the security of judges.
Gathogo Wanjiru 
Tuju was speaking in an interview at NTV on Monday regarding the High Court ruling that nullified the Buiding Bridges Initiative (BBI) referendum. Tuju told the judges to remember they need police security while going home after making rulings.
"Judges should learn the word 'interdependence' because as soon as they finish a ruling, they need policemen to escort them home," he said.
The comments have attracted czar criticism from a section of Kenyans who came to the defense of the High Court judges and accused Tuju of trying to intimidate the Judiciary.
LSK President Nelson Havi dismissed Tuju's remarks saying Judges have a right to security as per the law.
"Raphael Tuju, hear and get me loud and clear. Your buffoonery seems to know no limit. Judges volunteer to serve in an Arm of Government," Havi said.
"Their security is not a privilege but a right. This is not Uganda in the 70s. Cross that line again and you will live to regret it," he added.
Elgeyo Marakwet Senator Kipchumba Murkomen took a swipe at Tuju saying it is the courts that Tuju found relief when he was fighting a bankruptcy suit.
"The way Mr. Raphael Tuju of Rarienda is threatening Judges would make you think he is not the same person fighting for his dear life after he was declared bankrupt. Without a court order he couldn’t be holding any office not even as the chairman of Nyayiera cattle dip," Murkomen said.
