Via Daily Nation

BY Sam Kiplagat

A judge has directed Garissa Governor Ali Korane to appear before her later this month over failure to pay three former county executives Sh61 million for wrongful dismissal.

Employment and Labour Relations Court judge Maureen  Onyango directed Mr. Korane to appear before her on September 28 over the failure to pay three county executives who were sacked in 2015.

The trio, Idris Muktar, Muktar Bulale, and Salah Farah were sacked in May 2015 over accusations of traveling outside the country without authorisation from the governor’s office.

They were further accused of regularly absenting themselves from office, hampering service delivery.

Mr. Bulale was further accused of failing to implement key policy decisions relating to his department, and failure to supervise the administration and service delivery of the water department and other related agencies of the county.

But in 2018 Employment and Labour relations Judge Hellen Wasilwa ruled that their dismissal was illegal.

The Judge noted that on the alleged absenteeism, the CECs had been permitted by the Governor to travel out of the country as the trips were official and for the benefit of the county government.

The judge awarded the former CECs Sh4 million each but the amount was later increased by consent to Sh15.7 million each.

But even after winning the case, the county government has failed to honour the award and pay the three the money despite making promises through correspondences filed in court.

Mr Korane will be required to appear together with the county finance executive over the failure to settle the amount after the county government lost a bid to overturn the decision before the Court of Appeal.