Outgoing Communications Authority of Kenya (CA) Director General Francis Wangusi will remain in office even after his term ended.
Mr Wangusi's term ended last week, and a new CA boss was supposed to take over but will stay in office over emerging illegality in the appointment of Mercy Wanjau as the new CA boss.
The Consumers Federation of Kenya (COFEK) took the matter to the court asking the court to disqualify the appointment of Mercy Wanjau as the new CA boss.
COFEK, in their submissions to the court, noted that the Communications Authority has no board and thus the appointment of Mercy was not in line with the constitution.
“We are asking that the orders issued before to be extended because there’s no existing board,” the court was told as quoted by Citizen Digital.
The COFEK wanted the appointment of a new boss to be done by an independent recruiting body.
COFEK dismissed the 13-member board, led by Gituku who appointed Mercy Wanjau. He noted that such a body has no powers to appoint a government body boss.
However, CA came out to reveal that it has the board. Through their lawyer, senior lawyer Githu Muigai, they pointed out that it is only that the board is not constituted.
“There’s no crisis in Communication Authority of Kenya…we are operating smoothly,” said Githu Muigai as quoted by Citizen Digital.
Mr Wangusi will now remain in office until the case is decided. The court directed the case to be mentioned on September 10, 2019.