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Transition Authority to sue governors for rejecting doctors over ethnicity

The Transition Authority will this week sue county governments for rejecting 700 doctors and other medical personnel posted to them because of their ethnicity.

TA chairman Kinuthia Wamwangi said the authority will seek legal redress on the matter, arguing that the 70/30 per cent rule in employment must apply. He reprimanded counties for ethnic bias in employment, saying the actions negate the true spirit of devolution.

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