Nakuru law courts. [Photo: the-star.co.ke]
Nakuru court has blocked attachment of Bomet government property by auctioneers over statutory deductions of Sh4.6 million awarded to two former employees.
The court had ordered the Bomet government to pay the two former executives Sh8.56 million in damages, without making any statutory deductions.
Justice Stephen Radido in ruling said that it was erroneous for the county government to subject the damages to statutory deductions.
The county complied with the judgment and paid out Sh8 million to the two former employees.
But it deducted Sh4.6 million as NHIF, PAYE, HELB fees.
The two, former Lands executive Patricia Lasoi, and her former Agriculture counterpart Elizabeth Langat had sued the county government for unfair dismissal in 2012.
The county, through lawyer Rogers Mugumya, told Justice Radido it complied with the judgment, awarding Sh8 million to the two former employees, but deducted Sh4.6 million as NHIF, PAYE and HELB fees.The lawyer told the court the execution of the order to auction the property was irregular. He said the county government was ambushed and property should not be attached by auctioneers.
On September 23, 2016, Justice Radido ordered that Langat and Lasoi be compensated for damages after they were unlawfully dismissed in August 2015.