The Employment and Labour Relations court on Tuesday suspended further vetting of cabinet members by the Kericho County Assembly.
The Assembly has been instructed to stop all scheduled interviews following a petition by an advocacy group for persons living with disabilities.
The lobby group had sought to compel the Governor Paul Chepkwony to nominate handicapped people as part of his nominations list.
[caption caption="Kericho Governor Paul Chepkwony"]
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Governor Chepkwony's nominees had also been rejected by the County Assembly which cited irregularities in how the list was drafted.
Two of the petitioners, Leonard Langat and Raymond Cheruiyot, had also petitioned the County Assembly Vetting Committee on the matter.
"The list of nominees did not include persons with disabilities as raised by one petitioner Raymond Cheruiyot pursuant to Article 54(2) of the Constitution... two of the nominees are related as maternal cousins as stated in the petition of one Leonard Langat," stated the assembly's Majority Leader Hezron Kipng'eno.
According to Speaker Dominic Rono, the list violated Constitutional provisions governing the hiring process for public institutions.
The rejected list comprises of Edna Ruto (ICT), Hellen Ngeno (Trade), Barnabas Ngeno (Lands), Alice Mutai (Agriculture) and Moses Langat (Education).
Subsequent to issues raised, the Education docket nominee - Dr Langat - was struck out of the list for failing to disclose that he was related the Finance Executive, Patrick Mutai.
Dr Mutai, however, was approved by the county assembly vetting committee on the basis that his academic qualifications fit the docket he was nominated for.
[caption caption="Kericho Governor Paul Chepkwony during past campaigns"]
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