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ELRCDismissedPetition (unnumbered in extract; companion to Petition No. 16 of 2020)· [2023] KEELRC 57 (KLR)

Ngangu & another v County Assembly of Kirinyaga & another (Employment and Labour Relations Petition 15 of 2020) [2023] KEELRC 57 (KLR)

Employment and Labour Relations Court
20 January 2023
OMOnesmus N Makau
247 words in judgment
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The bottom line

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A Kirinyaga County Chief Officer lost his court challenge against the County Assembly's no-confidence vote, which the court ruled was not an unfair dismissal.

What this practically means

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Executive summary

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This was an employment petition before the ELRC at Nyeri, delivered by Onesmus N Makau J on January 20, 2023. The principal question was whether a resolution passed by the County Assembly of Kirinyaga on June 2, 2020, adopting recommendations of its sectoral committee on Transport, Roads & Public Works that it had no confidence in the 1st petitioner, had the effect of summarily dismissing or removing him from the office of County Chief Officer without following fair procedure, and whether that violated his fundamental rights and freedoms. The court found the facts of the petition to be on all fours with those in Petition No. 16 of 2020 filed by Moses Maina Migwi and the County Government of Kirinyaga against the County Assembly of Kirinyaga and its Speaker, which was decided the same day. Rather than undertaking an independent analysis, the court held that the decision and orders made in that matter would apply to the instant petition mutatis mutandis. Concluding that the petition, like Petition No. 16 of 2020, lacked merit, the court dismissed it and made no order as to costs. The judgment also records that it was delivered online pursuant to Covid-19 court operation directives, with the parties waiving compliance with Rule 28(3) of the ELRC Procedure Rules requiring delivery of judgments in open court. No detailed findings on the fair-procedure question appear in this short judgment.

Key legal issues

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Whether the County Assembly's no-confidence resolution amounted to a summary dismissal without fair procedure violating fundamental rights

Holding

The petition was found to lack merit, in line with the identical Petition No. 16 of 2020

Reasoning

The court identified the main dispute as whether the June 2, 2020 resolution of the County Assembly of Kirinyaga, adopting the sectoral committee's no-confidence recommendations, had the effect of summarily removing the petitioner from the office of County Chief Officer without fair procedure and in violation of his rights. Finding the facts identical to Petition No. 16 of 2020, decided the same day, the court applied that decision mutatis mutandis and dismissed the petition.

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Legal principles established

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  • Where the facts of a petition are on all fours with a previously determined petition, the decision and orders in that petition apply mutatis mutandis to the companion petition

Court orders

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  1. 1.The petition is dismissed with no order as to costs
  2. 2.The decision and orders made in Petition No. 16 of 2020 (Moses Maina Migwi & County Government of Kirinyaga v County Assembly of Kirinyaga & Speaker) apply to this petition mutatis mutandis

Authorities

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Legislation

  • ELRC Procedure RulesRule 28(3)

Cases cited (1)

  • Petition No. 16 of 2020 - Moses Maina Migwi and County Government of Kirinyaga v County Assembly of Kirinyaga and Speaker of the County Assembly of Kirinyaga
Jurisdiction invoked
Employment and Labour Relations Court constitutional petition jurisdiction (not expressly stated in the extract)

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Cite this brief

Caselaw, "Ngangu & another v County Assembly of Kirinyaga & another (Employment and Labour Relations Petition 15 of 2020) [2023] KEELRC 57 (KLR)", Case Analysis (2023). Petition (unnumbered in extract; companion to Petition No. 16 of 2020). Source: https://new.kenyalaw.org/akn/ke/judgment/keelrc/2023/57/eng@2023-01-20

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