Suspended Kenya Meat Commission managing commissioner Ibrahim Haji Issak at a past function. Photo/File
By GALGALLO FAYO
The Kenya Meat Commission (KMC) is yet to reach
an out of court settlement with its suspended chief executive who is
pushing for contempt of charges against the firm and its current head.
The firm was on August 27 given two days to agree
with Ibrahim Issak, but almost a month later the parties are yet to
reach a settlement on what has been blamed on tough terms set by KMC.
The court on July 15 froze the May 28 directive that suspended Dr Issak over claims of poor performance, breach of procurement rules and failure to implement directors’ resolutions, according to the suspension letter presented in court.
The court also stopped the appointment of James Tendwa as acting managing commissioner pending determination of the suit.
“We are yet to reach any agreement. They are
setting unrealistic terms of negotiations that we cannot agree to,” said
Dr Issak’s lawyer Mwaniki Gachuba.
The State-owned firm is said to have insisted that its former boss withdraws the case and pays for the legal cost incurred by the State after which it could reconsider redeploying him in the government.
But Dr Issack, who is armed with a court order
freezing his suspension, has rejected this offer and instead held that
he should be given back his former position without conditions.
KMC declined to reinstate Dr Issak on the strength
that the court’s directive was temporal and had elapsed, prompting the
contempt proceedings.
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