NYAMIRA COUNTY RESIDENTS ERECT BUMPS AS THEY FILE PETITION TO BLOCK KENYAN PRESIDENT DR. RUTO’S PS NOMINEES

NYAMIRA COUNTY RESIDENTS ERECT BUMPS AS THEY FILE PETITION TO BLOCK KENYAN PRESIDENT DR. RUTO’S PS NOMINEES

By Chris Ojow

The Country Proposed nominees of 51

Principal Secretaries by the Government

employer Public Service Commission faces

new serious obstacles on claims of

being sidelined as a ceremony to take

charge in their respective offices

slowly being jeopardized after residents

of Nyamira County cried foul for being

left out in the current ongoing

appointments.

Through a petition filed in Court by

Lawyer Danstan Omari the applicant

stressed that they have been

marginalized in the ongoing State

appointments despite the fact that they

overwhelmingly voted for the Kenya

Kwanza ruling party.

“That in exclusion of at least a Nyamira

County Representative, the impugned

list of nominees leads to ethnic

marginalization, which is unfair labour

practices contrary to article 41 of the

constitution as read together with

Section 5 of the Employment Act, 2007”

stressed Danstan Omari Representing the

petitioners.

The petitioner Fredrick Bikeri through

lawyer Danstan Omari is urging the court

under certificate of urgency to issue

an order restraining the Country

National Assembly from receiving and

endorsing the list of principal

Secretaries nominees, vetting or in any

way proceeding and processing for the

appointment of the alleged biased list

of 51 selected Principal Secretaries.

In his one of the several prayers in the

petition, the applicant argues that

the said list of persons appointed to

the rank of Principal Secretary does not

reflect nor ensure gender balance,

regional balance, tribal balance,

inclusivity of the marginalized,

contrary to the tenants of good

governance as demanded by articles 10,

54, 55, 56 and 57 of the Constitution of

Kenya 2010.

The applicant further stresses that the

impugned list unless constituted

according to the dictates of the

constitution of Kenya 2010, it may lead

to misuse of resources contrary to

article 201(d) prudent and responsible

way of utilizing public resources in

what seems as favoritism in public

office nominations.

“It is in the interest of justice,

fairness, constitutionalism, enforcing

fair labour practices, ensuring

inclusivity that this matter is heard

urgently and orders sought granted,”

says Bikeri in his filed court

documents.

“If this court does not stop this

process, national assembly will be

debating or vetting an illegal list

which is unconstitutional and which does

not reflect the principles of

governance,” Danstan Omari stressed.

The applicant says that the exclusion

of at least a Nyamira County

Representative, to the impugned list of

Principal Secretaries nominees leads to

ethnic marginalization, which is unfair

labour practices contrary to article 41

of the constitution as read together

with Section 5 of the Employment Act,

2007.