County Assembly to pay Sh7m over late vetting report

Nairobi Governor Johnson Sakaja when he appeared before the Senate Transport Committee at Parliament on March 18, 2025. [Boniface Okendo, Standard]

The Labour Court has ordered Nairobi County Assembly and Speaker Kennedy Ng'ondi to pay Sh7 million in damages to a Chief Officer nominee over a delayed vetting report.  

Justice Byram Ongaya of Employment and Labour Relations Court found that the Speaker failed to communicate the outcome of Halkano Dida Waqo’s vetting for the Chief Officer for Housing and Urban Renewal.position violated his rights, leaving him in uncertainty for over a year.