The Court of Appeal (COA) has delivered a blow to the office of the Attorney General headed by Dorcus Oduor after it refused to lift the temporary orders issued by the Employment and Labour Relations Court (ELRC) compelling 212 state Counsels to wait longer for promotions.
The ELRC issued an order on December 11, 2024, effectively halting most promotions within the AG's office that had been outlined in an internal memo dated November 26, 2024.
The AG wanted the respondents to prove that they could pay the 212 if they lost the case before the ELRC, however, the COA declined that prayer, arguing that it is in the purview of the government to pay them if the case fails.
In an appeal, the AG tried to overturn this ruling, but in a ruling on Friday, COA judges George Odunga and Francis Tuiyott blocked the attempts to grant the stay of execution, meaning the initial suspension remains in effect, preventing the majority of promotions from being implemented.
