BY SHADRACK NYAKOE
The Nairobi Metropolitan Services (NMS) has been dealt a huge blow after the High Court stopped the Public Service Commission (PSC) from sacking employees who failed to turn up for the secondment exercise last month.
The PSC and NMS had warned the workers of dire consequences.
Governor Mike Sonko had advised the employees not to turn up for the exercise since it was in “bad faith”.
The exercise was called on April six and at least 6,000 staff were expected to turn up at the KICC in what Governor Sonko termed as a “violation of the Covid-19 protocols prohibiting public gatherings”.
The sacking or punishing of the workers has been suspended pending the hearing of a case filed by the Kenya County Workers Union (KCGWU).
KCGWU sought orders to protect Nairobi County employees who have since been seconded to the newly created NMS who showed up without the necessary documents as well as those who failed to show up from being sacked.
“An order is hereby issued restraining the respondents whether by themselves, agents and servants and whomsoever acting under their authority or instruction from terminating, harassing, intimidating apprehension of the Applicant’s members who attended but lacked necessary documentation and those who failed to attend the secondment exercise,” the labour Court ruled.
The Inter-parties hearing will be on the 13th of May.
Sonko protested the secondment saying the PSC was usurping the Powers of the Nairobi County Public Service Board.
Sonko has fallen out with NMS Director General Mohamed Badi.
Badi claims to be acting within the law.
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