Linet Toto Sued Over Alleged Nepotism
President William Ruto withBomet Women Representative Linet Toto
Two Bomet residents have sued women representative Linet Toto over alleged nepotism.
The duo who state waiting to apply for the jobs once advertised claim they were surprised that the MP handpicked family members and relatives for the positions.
In the court papers at the Employment and Labour Relations Court, Collins Barno and Stanley Bii said Toto handpicked six close relatives among the 15 people she employed in her office, stating that the Women Representative failed to adhere to minimum requirements of transparency, fair competition, merit and integrity in recruitment of her office staff.
They also claim that the said relatives are cumulatively getting up to Ksh. 612,000 monthly salary out of the KSh. 811,000 allocated for staff salaries.
They further state that the MP never obeyed the two third gender rule in her appointments.
“While appointing the six persons, Ms Chepkorir also totally ignored the gender principle which is a requirement in public appointments as the dictates of the Constitution. There are only three women out of the 15 staff she has employed in her office,” the petitioners allege.
The six persons listed as interested parties in the unfair employment case are Bett Kipkirui (county manager, office of woman representative), Dominic Mutai (deputy manager), Sheila Chepng’eno (county coordinator), Josephat Kiplangat (field officer), Pius Kiplangat (communications officer) and Emmanuel Kipkorir (media personnel).
Among the listed parties, the duo claim some have serious integrity issues.
“Some of the appointed support staffs of Bomet County women Representative have serious integrity issues and are not fit to serve as public officers. They were not cleared by the Ethics and Anti-Corruption Commission (EACC) before appointment as required by law,” the petitioners claim.
They are therefore pleading with the court to quash the said appointments so as to set a good example to the country in regards to lawful appointment and consequently order Hon. Linet to make fresh appointments.
“Unless the said appointments are quashed by an order of the court, it will set a bad precedent in the country, where public institutions and appointments will be made unlawfully and irregularly on the basis of partisan consideration instead of strict compliance with the legal requirements,” says the petitioners.
“We urge the court to issue an order directing Ms Chepkorir and Parliamentary Service Commission to recruit their support staff afresh following the guidelines issued by the Salaries and Remuneration Commission and strictly in accordance with the law,” the petitioners seek.
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