Former Chief Justice Willy Mutunga is "pained and traumatised" by how State officers are blatantly violating court orders.
Mutunga said this in an exclusive interview with Inuka Trust CEO John Githongo on Wednesday.
He said what is happening in Kenya is a repetition of what happened in the early 70's during the time of the colonial judiciary.
Mutunga cited the actions of Interior Cabinet Secretary Fred Matiang'i and others under the ministry, which he noted are bad for the country.
"It is shameful. What happened to [Nasa Strategist David] Ndii, [NRMKe General and lawyer Miguna] Miguna, and the likes of [businessman Jimi] Wanjigi losing their passports, should not have happened," he said. "These are things that happened in the 70s and that should not happen in a modern society."
Mutunga added: "I look at Matiang'i and the way he is talking and chest-thumping and wonder who is advising him. What is the AG, Solicitor General and DPP doing because what the CS is doing is not good for the country."
The former CJ warned that if mechanisms are not put in place to ensure laws are adhered to, the country might sink into anarchy.
Mutunga, a renown human rights activist, further said the reference to a section of judges as an evil click is a clear indication that the Executive is waging war on the Judiciary.
"These things have really traumatised me. They have reminded of the days when people would mysteriously disappear or police would come for you before your wife and children and hold you incommunicado. You would not know what would happen. This is exactly what birthed the Nyayo torture chambers."
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