Nairobi, Feb. 28 -- More than 15,700 lawyers will go to the polls Thursday to elect their new president, council members and the male representative on the Judicial Service Commission (JSC).

An election so important that several lawyers admit that those to be elected must be prepared to fight to save the Judiciary from the "constant onslaught" of the executive.

This fact alone is a very serious consideration for voters who already feel that the state is trying to extend its iron fist to rule the Law Society of Kenya (LSK) and the JSC, and has its preferred candidates for the upcoming elections.

"We are very serious about this election. The executive has already swallowed the legislature. For a long time it has been trying to take contr...