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<\/div>\nThe Court of Appeal in Nakuru will on February 8, 2022, rule on a petition by State challenging a 2017 verdict that allowed public servants seeking elective seats to remain in office until the time for nominations.\n<\/p>\n
Today, three State institutions and 12 public servants appeared virtually before Court of Appeal judges Daniel Musinga, Wanjiru Karanja and Agnes Murgor. <\/p>\n
The Attorney General, Chief of Staff and Head of Public Service Joseph Kinyua and 12 public servants from Embu and Bomet counties yesterday made their submissions in the case.\n<\/p>\n
In a\u00a0letter dated December 1, 2016, Kinyua directed public servants interested in vying for elective office to resign on or before February 7, six months before the General Election.<\/p>\n
But on March 29, 2017, Justice Njagi Marete of the Employment and Labour Relations Court barred the Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC) from disqualifying public servants seeking elective seats.\n<\/p>\n
Judge Marete suspended the implementation of Kinyua’s directive and declared that civil servants can only leave the office to participate in nominations or upon the conclusion of the nomination process.\n<\/p>\n
\u201cI hereby bar the IEBC, the Attorney General (AG), Public Service Commission and chief of staff and head of public service from disqualifying public servants from any General Election for not vacating office six months to the election date,\u201d he ruled. <\/p>\n
He added that the requirement for resignation was unreasonable and unjustifiable in a democratic society.\n<\/p>\n
Eric Cheruiyot, a resident of Kipkelion in Kericho County, in the suit accused the four government institutions of contravening the Constitution.\n<\/p>\n
He argued that the quoted Election Act illegally allowed governors, senators, MPs and MCAs to stay in office while requiring other public servants to resign from office before elections\n<\/p>\n
Aggrieved by Marete\u2019s judgment, the State through the AG, Public Service Commission chief of staff and head of public service appealed.\n<\/p>\n
The AG, Kinyua and PSC, in joint submission filed in court, claim\u00a0judge Marete went above his jurisdiction when he gave his verdict. <\/p>\n
\u201cThe judge exercised a jurisdiction reserved for the High Court under Articles 165 (3)(b) and (d) of the Constitution,\u201d reads the submission.\n<\/p>\n
The State deposes that Marete had no right to give his verdict because the same was done by another court of similar jurisdiction in Charles Omanga and another versus IEBC.\n<\/p>\n
In the case, the High Court held that the Election Act was not in violation of the Constitution and the State submitted that Marete\u2019s judgment cannot stand.\n<\/p>\n
Despite Marete ruling that there was no public participation in the enactment of the Election Act, the State institutions held there is evidence on record showing there was public participation.\n<\/p>\n
The State wants Marete\u2019s judgment quashed by the Court of Appeal\n<\/p>\n
But public servants argue that forcing public servants seeking elective seats to resign six months before the election was unreasonable and fair.\n<\/p>\n
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