The High Court in Nairobi has quashed a Central Bank of Kenya (CBK) circular that required the government and its agencies not to remit membership and subscription fees to trade unions as an austerity measure.
However, Justice Jairus Ngaah declined to bar the government from implementing the same in future saying that the circular has been overtaken by events as 2024-2025 budgetary cycle has since lapsed. "The circular which is impugned was issued on July 7, 2024 at the commencement of the new financial year 2024-2025.
Annual practicing or subscription fees are usually paid at the beginning of the calendar year.
It follows that the affected professionals have had to settle those fees by themselves.
