President William Ruto was dealt a huge blow on Monday, February 20 after the High Court in Nairobi suspended his nomination of various persons to a state job.
Justice Mugure Thande made the interim order which barred the nominees from being appointed, gazette or holding offices as members of NCCC pending the hearing of a petition challenging their recruitment process.
The petition was filed by Mt Kenya Network Forum and indigenous People National Steering Committee on climate change (IPNSCCC).
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According to court documents, the petitioners claim that Ruto did not meet the legal requirements on transparency, competitiveness, merits, and public participation.
They also contend that the civil society organizations working on climate change in Kenya were excluded in the selection of the members of the council.
“It is not clear who amongst the nominees is the representative of the largest civil society organization working on climate change as it is envisaged in the Council Act or what process was used to select the representative for the civil society as required by the law and the Constitution and whether there was any form of public participation in the selection of the said individuals in accordance with the Public Participation Act, ” the court documents read in part.
The petitioners further stated that the positions were not advertised as required by law.