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Court freezes EACC recruitments as sacked official contests move

Mumo Matemu
                    Mumo Matemu                    PHOTO: COURTESY

Kenya: The Ethics and Anti-Corruption Commission (EACC) has been restrained from appointing deputy directors for regional offices after an employee who had been shortlisted but later sacked moved to court to challenge the appointments.

High Court Judge Mumbi Ngugi ordered EACC to halt the recruitment until the case filed by Henry Morara Angwenyi is heard and determined.

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