The Employment and Labour Relations Court has temporarily suspended an order blocking the appointment of Benard Ngore as chairman of the National Standards Council. He also blocked the naming of six other members of the NSC — who are the Kenya Bureau of Standards (Kebs) board of directors. In March, Ngore and Kebs MD Benard Njiraini defended their appointments, saying they have the knowledge and expertise to handle the jobs. For inatsnce, in 2018, Ken Wathome, then NSC chair was pushed out of office and his position given to Ngore. Njiraini on the other hand succeeded Charles Ongwae, the former Kebs MD, who was kicked out in January 2019 on abuse of office and withholding government tax revenue charges.

Source: The Star December 07, 2020 00:56 UTC