{"id":5012,"date":"2025-06-29T07:49:25","date_gmt":"2025-06-29T07:49:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/radiobaayiyobakool.com\/?p=5012"},"modified":"2025-06-29T07:49:25","modified_gmt":"2025-06-29T07:49:25","slug":"former-chief-justice-maraga-says-his-security-withdrawn","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/radiobaayiyobakool.com\/?p=5012","title":{"rendered":"Former Chief Justice Maraga says his security withdrawn"},"content":{"rendered":"

Axad 29-June 2025 {CBB}<\/strong>Retired Chief Justice David Maraga claims his security has been withdrawn after he joined protests in Nairobi on Wednesday, June 25, demanding the immediate return of his police guards.<\/p>\n

Maraga said police officers who have protected him since his retirement on Tuesday, January 12, 2021, were recalled without notice a day after he marched with youth and families of victims who died or went missing during last year\u2019s demonstrations.<\/p>\n

Maraga was teargassed along Kimathi Street while taking part in the protests. Earlier, he addressed supporters outside Nation Centre, urging peaceful and orderly demonstrations.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe need to reset this country because the work of the police is to protect the people, not disrupt peaceful protesters,\u201d said Maraga.<\/p>\n

He insisted the crowd remained peaceful and denied claims of property destruction.<\/p>\n

\u201cI can testify that no one attempted to destroy property. We were peaceful,\u201d said Maraga.<\/p>\n

On his X page, Maraga wrote, \u201cWe strongly condemn the use of state violence against grieving families and peaceful protestors. The flagrant violation of the Constitution and human rights must stop.\u201d<\/p>\n

Maraga explained that one officer was told on Wednesday, June 25, to make a routine firearm register entry, only to be informed of training on the same day.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe following day, I was informed that the rest of the officers had been asked to report to their stations without any further information,\u201d said Maraga.<\/p>\n

Maraga noted that retired chief justices are entitled to police security and drivers under Section 5A of the Retirement Benefits (Deputy President and Designated State Officers) Act, Cap. 197B (Revised 2022).<\/p>\n

\u201cI have enjoyed the services of the officers for almost five years now uninterrupted,\u201d said Maraga.<\/p>\n

Maraga linked the withdrawal to his public criticism of police leadership and his calls for the arrest of senior officers linked to the death of Albert Owang in custody.<\/p>\n

\u201cI wish to remind the leadership of the police and the Ministry of Interior and National Administration that the security arrangements and other facilitations are benefits guaranteed under the Constitution and the law,\u201d said Maraga.<\/p>\n

He demanded the immediate restoration of his security.<\/p>\n

In Parliament on Thursday, National Assembly Deputy Speaker Gladys Shollei launched a scathing attack on Maraga, accusing him of fuelling unrest while benefiting from taxpayer-funded retirement perks.<\/p>\n

\u201cShame on you, Chief Justice Maraga. You\u2019re currently on a pension paid by the government. They pay for your cars, they pay for your gardener, they pay for your cook, and then you go to the streets to demonstrate and mislead our children to destroy people\u2019s properties,\u201d said Shollei.<\/p>\n

Shollei criticised Maraga\u2019s participation in the protests, saying they turned chaotic and were not peaceful but acts of violence that destroyed lives and livelihoods.<\/p>\n

Source<\/strong>\u00a0\"TheStandard\"<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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