Ahmednasir must prove allegations of corruption in courts, Judiciary insists

The Judiciary wants senior lawyer Ahmednasir Abdullahi prosecuted over his online utterances on alleged corruption in the Supreme Court.

In addition, the Chief Justice Martha Koome-led institution on Tuesday urged the Law Society of Kenya (LSK) and the Senior Lawyers bar to rein in their members.

Judiciary’s spokesperson Paul Ndemo in a press briefing on Tuesday singled out Ahmednasir, saying that his comments were meant to erode public confidence on the judiciary and bringing strife between the bar and the bench.

He said that the third of government was concerned that the lawyer had continued publishing his graft allegations without providing evidence to back them.

“ Kenya is greater than any single individual. No one is above the law. No one should be allowed to parade their impunity and mock the very Constitution that holds the fabric of this country together,” said Ndemo.

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According to the spokesperson who is also the Judiciary’s Deputy Chief Registrar, Ahmednasir has continuously disparaged judges of the apex court without making a formal complaint about them.

He said that failure to give such evidence was an indicator that he did not have anything to back them.

He asserted that the Judciary is open to scrutiny and urged the senior lawyer and other Kenyans to provide information on judges, magistrates and employees to the Judicial Service Commission (JSC) or any other authorities.

“ As an institution, we have repeatedly stated and reiterate that we are open to scrutiny and are willing to be held to account. It is in that light that we have consistently urged persons with credible complaints of misconduct to present them for processing through appropriate channels,” said Ndemo.

In a letter signed by the registrar of the judiciary, the third arm of government wrote to the Director of Public Prosecutions, Renson Ingonga, calling for investigations and pressing charges against Ahmednasir.

The CRJ  in the letter said conduct is habitual and has cross the line of criminality.

“ We are of the view that this pattern of conduct amounts to a crime under the laws of Kenya. We are deeply concerned that if this conduct continues, it will erode public confidence and eventually undermine the rule of law which is one of the ideals upon which out constitutional democracy is founded,” wrote Mokaya.

 Ahmednasir has been at a crossroads with the Supreme Court year in, year out. During Chief Justice David Maraga’s reign, the court read a riot act after he declined to apologize following an outburst in a criminal trial where he was representing Iranian convicts who had been jailed for targeting Israeli Embassy.

The warning came after Ahmednasir made inflammatory remarks about the handling of the case. He accused the court of political bias and illegitimate actions, calling the judges “headless chickens.”

 Ahmednasir’s tirade did not end with the court; he also went for Justice Maraga. The CJ emeritus sued him for defamation, and the case is before Justice Janet Mulwa and will be heard on September 18, 2025.

Unfazed by the warning, the lawyer has continued to use his social media platforms to make corruption allegations against unnamed judges. The self-proclaimed jurispesa whistleblower has his guns on the apex court.

Ahmednasir, on his end, asserted that there was a judge at the apex court who had allegedly been bribed to influence a case. He said that his whistle-blowing was not a criminal act.