NAIROBI, Kenya, July 26 – Stanley Kamanguya has returned to workplace because the Chief Executive Officer of the ICT Authority following a courtroom order that reinstated him and blocked his elimination by the company’s Board.
Kamanguya resumed duties on Friday, a day after Employment and Labour Relations Court Judge Mathews Nduma issued a conservatory order affirming the validity of his reappointment and restraining the Board from interfering along with his tenure.
The courtroom additionally directed that Zilpher Owiti, who had been appointed appearing CEO after Kamanguya was positioned on terminal go away, stop serving in that capability pending the result of the petition. The Authority was additional barred from promoting or recruiting for the CEO place.
Kamanguya acknowledged that his preliminary time period ends on August 7, and that he had been formally reappointed by ICT and Digital Economy Cabinet Secretary William Kabogo on March 10, with the brand new three-year time period set to start on August 8.
The authorized battle follows a July 1 choice by the Board to revoke Kamanguya’s reappointment, citing procedural violations. The Board accused him of getting ready his personal reappointment paperwork and convening a Board assembly improperly.
Despite a previous courtroom order issued on June 30 barring any motion on the matter, the Board went forward to nullify the March 6 assembly that had endorsed his renewal and declared the CEO place vacant.
The dispute has uncovered tensions throughout the ICT Authority over governance and compliance with the Mwongozo Code, which outlines company management requirements for public establishments. The matter remains to be below judicial consideration.
