Kenyans will now be free to seize county assets if the regional governments fail to pay court-ordered fees, a judge has ruled.
Justice Nzioki wa Makau, on Wednesday, ruled that failure to budget for court-ordered payments is not a valid excuse to delay such settlements by counties, even as she warned that court orders are not superseded by budgetary bureaucracy.
The ruling stems from a case filed by Evans Otieno Oloo to compel the Kisumu County government to pay him Ksh497,749, being taxed legal costs from a previous petition, which had ended in a consent judgment dated November 3, 2022.
The consent judgement or an out-of-court settlement compelled the county and the Chief Finance Officer to pay.
