Lawyers on Friday protested while marching towards the Supreme Court in Nairobi’s Central Business (CBD) in response to threats to defy court orders by President William Ruto.

The protests are organized by the Law Society of Kenya (LSK).

This comes after President Ruto came under a barrage of criticism last week after threatening to disobey court orders, alleging that some unnamed judges had teamed up with opposition politicians and “cartels” to block his administration’s projects.

“The president of this country is not above the law. Therefore, we do not expect him to speak as if obeying of court orders is a favour that he is doing to the country. It is a constitutional requirement,” LSK president Eric Theuri said in a media briefing on Thursday.

Further, he said that LSK will consider initiating Ruto’s impeachment for “violation of the constitution” if he continues his attacks against the judiciary.

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Additionally, LSK has assembled a legal team to file a High Court petition to declare Ruto violating the constitution, Theuri told the privately-owned Standard newspaper.