Nairobi, April 12 -- The recruitment of Chief Executive Officers (CEO's) of two water agencies is in limbo following legal tussles.

The Employment and Labour Relations Court in Nairobi has dealt a blow to the National Water Harvesting and Storage Authority (NWHSA) after it stopped the recruitment of its CEO.

WATER ACT

Mr Kenneth Alex Migwi Mwangi sued the NWHSA board of directors and the authority for flouting the Water Act in the advertisement for the recruitment of the CEO vide reference number NWHSA/CEO/2019/2020/01.

In court documents seen by Nation, Mr Mwangi averred that the Water Act provides for qualification of a CEO to be; a Kenyan citizen, hold a degree from a University recognised in Kenya and have at least 10 years' experie...