Nairobi, Nov. 28 -- Chief Justice David Maraga is leaving the Judiciary as tough a fighter as he was when he was appointed to head the legal arm of the government.

With passion and emotive anecdotes, the President of the Supreme Court, who is proceeding on terminal leave early next month, yesterday revisited his criticism of the President and the Executive for, he said, sidelining the Judiciary and affecting its service delivery to Kenyans.

"The Judiciary's performance would certainly have been a lot better, but for three reasons: Interference with and frustration of its independence, refusal to grant it financial autonomy, and disobedience of court orders," he said at the launch of the State of the Judiciary and the Administration Justic...