President Uhuru Kenyatta in a past event. Activist Okiya Omtatah has sued him over the creation of new CAS post. [Photo/Nation]
President Uhuru Kenyatta has been sued over the nominations of Chief Administrative Secretaries.
Activist Okiya Omtatah sued the president arguing the position was unconstitutional.
In an expanded cabinet, Uhuru introduced the new post with pundits terming it as a 'clever' way of reinstating assistant ministers post.
"This is just increasing bureaucracy and overburdening taxpayers. It is unconstitutional," wrote Joseph Kiyapi.
Omtatah named Uhuru, Attorney General, National Assembly Speaker and Public service Commission as respondents.
The new posts, he argues, contravene the constitution since no public participation was done by the president.
Further, Omtatah adds, the new posts would be expensive to manage given the ballooning wage bill. He filed the case under a certificate of urgency in Milimani Law Courts.
"There was no public participation and the post would be expensive to maintain," said analyst Dismas Mokua in an interview with KTN News.