Embattled Nairobi Speaker Beatrice Elachi has gotten back his job after she won a case filed at the Labour and Employment court.
The court ruled against a decision by the Nairobi county assembly to send her packing.
Judge Maureen Onyango declared that the House committee had no powers or jurisdiction to impeach Elachi without according her due process.
"It is my finding that the conduct of the Nairobi city county assembly board calls for intervention of the court as it deliberately set out to overthrow the protections in its standing orders with the ulterior motive of removing Elachi from office without compliance with constitutional and statutory provisions," she ruled.
According to the ruling, seen by this writer, Elachi convinced the court that her employment rights had been violated by the assembly.
"She has demonstrated that the board deliberately set out to unconditionally and unlawfully remove her from office by amending the standing orders to deny her the right to appear and respond to the charges against her," the court said.
The court added: "I have also nullified the decision of Nairobi city county assembly sitting as a whole committee in purporting to impeach Elachi of her position made on September 6 last year."
The decision by the court will likely cause political fireworks at the assembly.
Already, MCAs had elected one of them as the Speaker.
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