Nairobi, July 10 -- The recruitment of a substantive managing director for the Kenya Ports Authority (KPA) can now go on after the court dismissed a petition challenging the process.
Justice James Rika of the Employment and Labour Relations Court set aside the petition by the Commission for Human Rights and Justice (CHRJ) saying it lacked merit.
The judge explained on Friday that the human rights organisation did not provide evidence to prove that the KPA board of directors had failed in its oversight role since no audit report was presented implicating it or past MDs in alleged acts of monumental sleaze.
"The petitioner needed to exhibit some evidential material showing loss of trust in the board. It is not enough to make a bare allegat...