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Agency bosses ouster bid now heads to court

Okiya Omtatah

The fate of two officials of a State agency that vets medical products from the multi-billion-shilling pharmaceutical sector now lies in the hands of the Employment and Labour Relations Court.

Activist Okiya Omtatah filed a petition seeking to have the Ministry of Health and Public Service Commission (PSC) compelled to sack Hezekiah Chepkwony and his deputy Pius Wanjala from the National Quality Control Laboratory (NQCL).

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