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Cotu backs court order on State hiring of private law companies

Cotu Secretary General Francis Atwoli. [File, Standard]

The Central Organisation of Trade Unions (Cotu) has backed a High Court order stopping government agencies from hiring private lawyers and private law firms to represent them. 

In a statement, the worker’s lobby supported conservatory orders issued by Justice Samuel Mukira of the Nakuru High Court barring public entities from engaging, procuring or paying private advocates and law firms in court cases.

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