NewsReprieve for Public Officers as Court Suspends Resignation Order

Reprieve for Public Officers as Court Suspends Resignation Order

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  • Public officers will not have to resign if they intend to contest political positions in the upcoming August elections.

    This follows a directive by Labour Relations Court Judge Monica Mbaru who suspended the directive until February 10, when she will issue further directives. 

    The Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC) had directed civil servants to quit on February 9, or risk being disqualified on basis of failing to resign on or before six months to the General Election.

    Justice Mbaru is expected to rule on whether the Ethics and Anti-Corruption Commission (EACC) and the Public Service Commission (PSC) shall be enjoined in the case as interested parties.

    An undated image of Employment and Labour Relations Court Justice Monica Mbaru.
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    “For the interest of justice and in order to make a comprehensive ruling on the applications by EACC and PSC, I find it just and fair to extend the interim orders herein until February 10, 2022,” said Justice Mbaru.

    Justice Mbaru first suspended the directive on December 21, 2021, pending the hearing and determination of the case filed by Julius Wainaina Kariuki, a civil servant.

    Wainaina moved to court contesting the directive on the basis that it was discriminatory, as it did not require elected public officers, among them the President, Governors and MPs, to resign.

    A section of civil servants had, in the meantime, already tendered their resignations to hit the campaign trail.

    Former Rift Valley Regional Commissioner George Natembeya who joined the Trans Nzoia gubernatorial race led the bandwagon. 

    Chief Administrative Secretaries Joseph Boinnet and Wavinya Ndeti also resigned this week. Wavinya wants to be the next Machakos governor while Boinnet will contest in the Elgeyo Marakwet Senatorial race.

    President Uhuru Kenyatta’s aide Michael Waikenda also resigned to run for Senator in Kiambu while Kenya Electricity Transmission Company (KETRACO) CEO Fernandes Barasa quit focusing on his Kakamega gubernatorial race.

    A photo of George Natembeya addresses journalists on destruction in the Mau Forest Complex in his office in Nakuru on September 13, 2019.
    George Natembeya addresses journalists on destruction in the Mau Forest Complex in his office in Nakuru on September 13, 2019.
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  • Source: KENYAGIST.COM

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