The Employment and Labour Relations Court on Tuesday morning dismissed an application by The Parliamentary Service Commission seeking to strike out National Assembly Clerk Michael Sialai’s case. PSC had asked the court to dismiss Okiya Omtatah’s case where he is challenging the reappointment of Sialai on contract without the approval of the House after he attained the mandatory age of 60 years. In her ruling, Justice Monica Mbaru has said the court has jurisdiction to hear the matter filed by Omtatah. PSC had also said argued that the National Assembly was not a party to the proceedings and the case should be dismissed on that ground. But, the court ruled that a petitioner must be allowed to decide who is a respondent in his own case so Omtatah can’t be faulted for not including the National Assembly in his petition.

Source: The Star June 08, 2021 07:30 UTC