Kenya Revenue Authority Commissioner-General John Njiraini. [Photo: Daily Nation]The High Court will rule on Kenya Revenue Authority boss John Njiraini’s tenure at the KRA on Friday next week.Employment and Labour Relations Court judge Nelson Abuodha will rule on whether Njiraini should retire.The case was filed by Activist Okiya Omtatah who is challenging Njiraini’s tenure at the helm of KRA, saying the authority failed to send him on terminal leave pending his retirement.Omtatah said Njiraini reached the mandatory retirement age of 60 years on December 19 and should therefore be serving his six-month terminal leave.He asked the court to order the KRA board to send Njiraini on terminal leave, pending his retirement in December."Refusing to appoint an acting commissioner and sending Njiraini on mandatory six months terminal leave pending his retirement, the board neglected its duties, and is poised to breach the law on the 60 years mandatory retirement age for public officials," says Omtatah, as reported by the Star.KRA, however, says that Njiraini has not sought an extension of his contract as the commissioner general. It further argues that the allegations concerning mandatory retirement and that Njiraini should be sent on compulsory leave for six months are baseless and were made prematurely.

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