President William Ruto Yesterday vowed to disregard stay orders issued by some judges and implement projects including Affordable Housing and the Social Health Insurance Act.

In a move likely to put him on a collision course with the Judiciary, the Head of State publicly accused some judges of being part of corruption cartels colluding to frustrate government programmes. He vowed to crush such cartels.

Speaking at a funeral in Nyandarua county, Ruto claimed that some unnamed judges were issuing stay orders to frustrate projects initiated by his government.

“We will not allow these people to derail our plans,” he said as he directed Roads Principal Secretary Joseph Mbugua to move with speed and allocate funds for the construction of a road in Nyandarua County which had stalled following a court order.

“The corruption enterprise must come to an end. We’ll deal with them firmly,” Ruto told mourners during the burial of Michael Maigo, the father to Nyandarua Senator John Methu.

During his New Year speech, President Ruto took a swipe at the Judiciary for making decisions against government policies at the expense of the public interest.

The Head of State was referring to the Judiciary’s move to declare unconstitutional, the housing levy and issuance of conservatory orders against the implementation of three health Acts pending the determination of a petition.

This was the third time that the Head of State publicly criticised the judiciary after a similar outburst in July against the courts for temporarily suspending the collection of new taxes introduced through the Finance Act, 2023 and another in Kakamega county last year.