It is a sigh of relief for Civil servants eyeing political seats in the upcoming general election.
This is after a Kericho Labour Court temporarily suspended a directive requiring them to vacate office by February 7, 2017, failure to which they would be disqualified as political candidates, by the electoral agency.
Head of Public Service Joseph Kinyua gave the directive, December 1, 2016 in compliance with the law.
However, Justice Njagi Marete nullified the directive, saying the Court would give a ruling concerning the matter, February 14.
The law requires any civil servant interested in running for any elective post, quit office, six months before the general election.
The petitioner, Erick Cheruiyot filed a petition, January 16, arguing that Section 43 (5) and (6) discriminated against public servants who are aspiring elective seats as they would be fired from their jobs.
He further argued that the law favours MPs, governors, MCAs and elected leaders as they would continue being in office until the general elections.