The High Court has temporarily suspended the recent appointments of four public officials, including Phillip Kiptanui Kirwa as CEO of Moi Teaching and Referral Hospital (MTRH) and Agnes Kalekye, Managing Director of Kenya Broadcasting Corporation (KBC), pending the hearing and determination of a lawsuit challenging their appointment.
Justice Samwel Mohochi issued conservatory orders prohibiting the four public officials from assuming their respective positions after Nakuru-based doctor Magare Gikenyi and five other activists challenged their appointment, calling it illegal and unconstitutional.
“That a conservatory order is hereby issued suspending the press release, gazette notice and or any other document or authority appointing the 20, 22 and 24 respondents as chief executive officer or managing directors of the 21, 23 and 25 state corporations, respectively,” stated the Judge,
The Judge also barred the government from implementing the gazette notice dated May 17, 2024, appointing four officials pending the hearing and determination of the case.
