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Row at water agency deepens as board extends acting CEO's term

NWHSA chair Erick Okeyo (right), CEO Sharon Obonyo and Kisumu County Commissioner Susan Waweru at a past consultative forum on Koru-Soin dam. [Collins Oduor, Standard]

The intrigues surrounding leadership of a water agency deepened after it emerged that a court ruling last year had barred the organisation from hiring outside two names from an earlier interview.

A ruling by Employment and Labour Relations Court Judge Hellen Wasilwa in December 2020, ordered the National Water Harvesting and Storage Authority (NWHSA) to appoint Andrew Wanyonyi or Ali Boru as the chief executive officer. 

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