suffering and denied essential services. Kenyatta said the judiciary is not immune to the temptationsof corruption and its officers must guard against criminals outto exploit court processes to escape the consequences of their economiccrimes. He said there are known culprits, who exploit the courtprocesses and judgments to escape from the consequences of their economiccrimes against the people of Kenya. Kenyatta noted a growing feeling based on perceptions thatjudicial officers are beyond the reach of the law and are using thelaw to protect individuals from the law, an act he termed as a profoundassault on justice. Brokers of justice, said Kenyatta, have also persistentlyexploited the judicial system to block and stall government projects worthhuge sums of money. The president said it was unfortunate that a thread ofselfish individuals have continued to block government projects with undeclaredinterests