Court temporarily stops recruitment process for Garissa County Chief Officers. [Photo/chronicle.co.zw]
The Employment and Labor relations court in Nairobi has stopped the recruitment process of Garissa County Chief Officers.
The court issued the orders following an application by Aden Mohamud Dagane, Hussein Abdullahi Abdi and Hassan Diis Dekow who want the process stopped.
Garissa Governor Ali Bunow Korane had nominated a list of names for recruitment of the Chief Officers of Garissa County.
The court in an order certified as urgent temporarily halted the recruitment process pending the hearing and determination of the case.
“That the Honorable Court does issue a conservatory order stopping the respondents from continuing with the vetting and appointment of persons as Chief Officers for Garissa County pending the inter parties hearing and determination of this application” reads the order in part.
In the petition, Governor Ali Korane, County Government of Garissa and the County Assembly of Garissa have been listed as the first, second and third respondents.
The case will be heard on 29 November this year.
Governor Korane during the nomination of the officers cited he looked into all constitutional requirements of Geographical representation, Gender, Clan dynamics, Knowledge, skills and experience among others when making the appointments.
He also pledged any gaps in the appointments will be taken care of in subsequent public service appointments.