There will be no salary delays at the Nairobi City County Assembly.
Suppliers will also be paid on time.
This is after the substantive Clerk of the Assembly Edward Gichana took office.
Last week, a Judge declined to compel Central Bank of Kenya (CBK) to approve new signatories to accounts of the Nairobi County Assembly Board, which City Hall had blamed for persistent salary delays.
Justice Maureen Onyango of the Employment and Labour Relations court said the Nairobi City County Assembly Services Board was to blame for the delay as it had failed to take steps by complying with the standard operating procedures (SOPs), so that the changes could be effected.
The Judge said the board was required to compel the then former County Assembly clerk Edward Gichana to surrender Internet Banking tokens or appear before CBK for the changes to be made.
The Appeal Court reinstated Gichana in office on 1st April and dismissed former Clerks Jacob Ngweles appeal.
Justice Onyango said the board had not demonstrated that it could not trace and compel Mr Gichana to surrender the internet banking token and formally handover as required in the SOPs.
“It is paramount that the handing over is done to ensure that the previous mandate holders with credentials and access to the IB tokens do not have access to the accounts,” the Judge said.
The Judge further said as explained by CBK, a new token could not be issued when the other was still held by Mr Gichana.
She said this was particularly critical because there was no substantive holder of the position of clerk and all the persons who had been authorized after Mr Gichana were temporary accounting officers.
The board argued that the refusal to approve and effect the changes had hindered the resumption of normal County Assembly operations including but not limited to urgent payment of salaries, benefits, taxes and suppliers.
City Hall further said the refusal was an abuse of discretion by CBK, unreasonably delay or failure to act in discharge of its duty imposed under the Public Finance Management Act.
CBK however said there were several matters then pending in court revolving around the question of who was the accounting officer of the board and who should discharge the duties of the Clerk of the County Assembly.
The regulator further said the board had failed to join Mr Gichana in the case or take any steps to compel him to produce the IB Token.
The regulator argued that all County Assembly accounts held by CBK must be operated as provided in the Public Finance Management Act.
CBK said the board had run its accounts smoothly and wondered why it took it seven months to move to court.
The court heard that there were ongoing instructions as at January 7, 2022 and an agency notice by the KRA had already been debited on January 25.
The regulator opposed the petition saying allowing the orders would have interfered with CBK’s role to formulate and implement policies on effective payment, clearance and settlement systems.