The Employment and Labour Relations Court has invalidated more than 200 staff promotions at the Office of the Attorney General for a lack of competitive and merit-based processes in the appointments made late last year.
In a judgment delivered by Justice Byram Ongaya on Thursday, the promotions announced by Solicitor-General Shadrack Mose via a memo dated November 26, 2024, were declared "unconstitutional, irregular, null, and void." "The entire process resulting in the promotion of all the officers as communicated by the Solicitor General is hereby quashed," ruled Justice Ongaya.
He added that the promotions failed to adhere to constitutional requirements on fair competition, transparency, and representation.
The court's decision follows a petition filed by Nakuru-based surgeon Dr Benjamin Magare-Gikenyi and two others, challenging the legitimacy of the appointments.
