Former Kiambu Governor Ferdinand Waititu will wait longer to know whether or not he will take office as a member of the Nairobi Rivers Commission as appointed by President William Ruto.
This is after High Court Judge Hedwig Ong’udi barred his ascension into office, pending the hearing and determination of a case challenging his appointment.
The case challenging the appointment was filed by the Law Society of Kenya (LSK) and Transparency International Kenya, who said Waititu is unfit to hold office.
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In their application, the two parties castigated the Attorney General for his failure to advise the president on the implications of the appointment.
The petitioners questioned the moral integrity of Waititu, who they said was lawfully removed from office by the County Assembly and the decision upheld by the senate, hence not eligible to hold a public office.
“The 1st Respondent lacks the moral aptitude, ethical grounding, beyond reproach integrity and has a greatly questionable character as would depict of a state office worthy to receive any commendations by the Head of State, or appointment to being a state office,” said the petitioners.
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“We as the Petitioners, take issue with the appointment of Ferdinand Clifford Ndungu Waititu Babayao, the 1st Respondent herein, who was removed from office by impeachment by the County Assembly of Kiambu, a decision upheld by the Senate of Kenya on 29th January 2020 and not contested by the 1st Respondent,”
Waititu was appointed as a member of the commission by the president in a gazette notice dated December 2, 2022, alongside other members, whose main role is to facilitate the reclamation of Nairobi Rivers.
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