This archive report was first published on 25 October 2019.
Published on October 25, 2019, Nairobi County Speaker Beatrice Elachi's move to suspend clerk Jacob Ngwele and majority leader Abdi Guyo from the County Assembly public service board has hit a snag after the Employment Labour and Relations Court issued an injunction blocking the move.
The court order, issued on Wednesday, October 23, 2019, bars Speaker Elachi from removing Ngwele, Guyo, and five other county assembly staff from their positions until the case is heard and determined.
The court also barred Speaker Elachi from effecting the newly made and gazetted changes to the board that saw the appointment of two new members, Jubilee's Mark Ndungu and ODM's Maurice Gari.
Speaker Elachi had gazetted and presided over the swearing in of Ndungu and Gari as the new assembly board members following the nominations to the positions by their respective parties.
However, an injunction has now barred the reconstitution of the board until the case is heard in court next month.
“A conservatory order is hereby granted restraining speaker Elachi, whether acting directly or through third parties from illegally or irregularly reconstituting the membership of the county assembly whether at the behest of the Governor of Nairobi, ODM party, Jubilee party or any other person or authority pending hearing of the application on November 11, 2019,” stated the order.
