The High Court will today, Monday, June 3, deliver a ruling to determine the fate of the 50 appointed Chief Administrative Secretaries (CASs) following a petition challenging their appointment process.
The Judiciary, in a statement on Sunday, said that the decision is expected to be rendered at 9 am.
The 50 CAS were sworn in by President William Ruto after the National Assembly declined to vet them saying it had no constitutional authority to do so.
The High Court later issued orders barring the CASs from assuming office pending the hearing and determination of a petition challenging their appointment process.
In the ruling delivered by Lady Justice Hedwig Ong’udi, the court also barred the appointees from earning a salary, remuneration, and any benefit pending the conclusion of the case filed by the Law Society of Kenya (LSK) and Katiba Institute.
Subsequently, the Judiciary claimed it did not preside over the swearing-in ceremony, noting that it did not send any official to State House to conduct the ceremony and that it has no role whatsoever in the process.
The appointments have been met with heaped frustration from a large section of Kenyans who have questioned why the appointees were sworn in yet the process had been termed unconstitutional.
