Reprieve For Impeached Homa Bay Speaker as Court Comes to Her Aid

Homa Bay speaker Elizabeth Ayoo can breath a sigh of relief as a Kisumu court today reinstated her pending determination of her case.

Last week, Homa Bay MCAs impeached Ayoo, saying her integrity had become questionable.

47 MCAs voted in favour of the motion that was moved by Ruma Kaksingri MCA Eliphalet Osuri.

They accused Ayoo of orchestrating last month’s chaos in the assembly during which deputy sergeant-at-arm Idah Arodi was arrested and charged.

Ayoo later filed an urgent application asking the court to reinstate her saying her ouster was unconstitutional and went against the house standing orders.

Ruling in her favour, Justice James Rika reinstated Ayoo to her position and barred MCAs and the county public service board from appointing any other person as speaker until the case is determined.

The judge said operations of the assembly would be hampered if the actions of the MCAs against Ayoo were left to stand.

“This is not merely an action based on an individual contract of employment. It involves the ability of a devolved unit to function, and the rights of citizens living in that unit, to receive services from the county assembly,” the judge said.

Judge Rika further ordered that the police provide security to Ayoo during her duties in her role as speaker.

The case will be mentioned before the Justice Nderi Nduma of the Employment and Labour Relations Court on December 4.

Homa bay county assembly has made headlines for all the wrong reasons this year. From MCAs turning the assembly to a wrestling ring to the assembly mace getting lost, it will be proper to describe the assembly as being disorganized.

The mace was said to have been stolen from the office after a fight broke at the plenary that saw Speaker Elizabeth Ayoo being roughed up by male MCAs.

 

Leave a Reply

Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *