Court: Kenyan Governors cannot dismiss executives at will

NYERI: The Court of Appeal has ruled that governors cannot dismiss county executives without following the due process.

In a precedent-setting ruling yesterday in Nyeri, appellate judges Alnasir Visram, Martha Koome and Otieno Odek, stated that although governors can dismiss county executives under Section 31 (a) of the County Governments Act, the Constitution restricted the arbitrary use of those powers.