A judge has suspended the appointments of four members to the Tourism Regulatory Authority Board made by CS Najib Balala last week, pending the determination of a case filed by the Law Society of Kenya (LSK).
Mr Balala had appointed Kevin Muasya, Alais Lenana Momoi Njoroge, Isaac Muchiri Njangu and Pauline Njoroge through a gazette notice, as members of the board, for a period of three years from August 7.
In a press release Saturday, Mr Balala revoked Ms Njoroge appointment following an uproar from Kenyans and replaced her with Ms Najma Ismael.
But LSK went to court questioning the validity and suitability of the appointees. The lawyers body also questioned the procedure and manner in which the appointments was made, arguing that it “fell short of the substantive and procedural constitutional and statutory requirements mandatory in public service appointments”.
Justice Hellen Wasilwa certified the case as urgent and suspended the gazette notice. The Judge directed LSK to serve the petition to the respondents, among them the CS, the Attorney General and the appointees.
In the petition, the LSK argued that the appointments are unconstitutional, unlawful, illegal, because they were done in total disregard of procedural, constitutional and statutory requirements.
Courtesy of Daily Nation