Nairobi, Nov. 6 -- The Labour court has quashed the appointment of five people to the Business Premises Rent Tribunal, saying the process was flawed.
Justice Maureen Onyango said on Friday that Industrialisation Cabinet Secretary (CS) Betty Maina failed to subject the exercise to public participation, hence the process was flawed and not transparent.
The court further noted that though the Business Premises Rent Tribunal Act does not prescribe the procedure for appointment of the tribunal members, the Public Service (Values and Principles) Act provides for competition and merit based appointments.
Justice Onyango said there was no evidence of a competitive process that would enable public participation and show the transparency and accou...