The appointment of seven Rural Electrification and Renewable Energy Corporation board members has been halted by the High Court.
Justice Hedwig Ong’undi barred Wacuka Ikua, Hassan Sora, Rhoda Njuguna, Wahome Gitonga, Mary Mwiti, Eva Sawe, Samuel Mugo Kimani, and John Karamunya Limakamar from performing any functions or duties until an application filed by David Simiyu is heard and determined.
Simiyu obtained the order, claiming that the appointments were made illegally.
According to court documents, Energy CS Monica Juma appointed Wahome Gitonga as a member of REREC in place of Isaac Mbeche on August 5 via a gazette notice.
Juma, in another notice dated April 14, purported to appoint six people as members of the corporation, despite the fact that it is not a membership society but a state corporation under the Energy Act.
Simiyu claimed Juma usurped the role of the Council of Governors and broke the law because the Energy Act limits her to appointing three members to the corporation’s board of directors.In a letter dated April 27, the CoG objected to her actions.
Following the protest letter, the CS appointed Mwiti, Sawe, Kimani, and Limakamar, who are CoG council employees, to the corporation’s board of directors in place of Samson Maundu, Henry Rono, and Hassan Mohamud Haji.
