The High court has temporarily suspended a decision by the state extending the terms of office of prisons commissioner general Isaiah Osugo and North Eastern prisons officer Tawane Gudal. In his suit, Omtatah faults the head of the Public Service, Interior CS, Public Service Commission and the Attorney General for retaining Osugo and Gudal despite having attained the retirement age. "I am inviting this court to intervene and determine the constitutional and legal validity of the impugned extension of service for the two," Omtatah said in an affidavit. Omtatah wants the court to issue orders declaring the extensions of service to be inconsistent with the Constitution and other laws of Kenya and, therefore, null and void . He said by asking the court to nullify their irregular and unlawful extension, he seeks to prevent the government from violating the Constitution and other laws of Kenya.

Source: The Star August 11, 2016 19:35 UTC