Nandi governor Sang to re-advertise 8 CEC positions as court quashes appointments

The suit named all eight CECs as interested parties and governor Stephen Sang as the first respondent.

Kimeli was seeking a permanent injunction, preventing governor Sang and the two other respondents from purporting to nominate, approve, and appoint CECs without the strict requirement of a list that reflects the county's cultural, gender, and ethnic diversity.

The petitioner further framed three issues which he asked  the court to determine, that's whether the court adjudicate the matter, whether the respondents complied with the mandatory requirements of the law in the nomination, approval and subsequent appointment of the interested parties and whether the respondents are personally liable for breach of the applicable constitutional and legislative thresholds.

Eldoret Judge Maureen Onyango noted in her ruling that the governor was bound to promote gender parity by adhering to the two-thirds gender rule, and that failure to do so rendered the nominations both unconstitutional and unlawful.

"Having found that the interested parties were in violation of both the constitution and the county government act, I find that the petition herein has merit and therefore make orders that the first respondent has violated several articles of the constitution," said the judge.