Murang'a County Assembly on Thursday passed a motion that nullified all county laws passed in sessions conducted by the defunct deputy speaker.
The assembly agreed to adopt the High Court ruling that abolished the deputy speaker's position unconstitutional.
The motion was tabled by Leader of Majority Erick Kamande who argued that the position was neither in the county act or the Constitution of Kenya.
High Court Judge Kanyi Kimondo in making the ruling declared that all "laws and resolutions passed under the deputy speakers are illegal and should not apply as the office did not exist in the first place".
[caption caption="High Court Justice Kanyi Kimondo during a past court session"]
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The decision made by the Murang's assembly put Mr Samuel Kihurunjo Mwangi out of a job even as Kamande observed that the effect of the move would not be prominent.
The majority leader further explained that the abolishing the position would not create a vacuum in the conduct of business in the House.
Various chairs of house committees are authorised to conduct business in the absence of the speaker.
The county assembly passed the motion as a formality, following an earlier ruling by High Court Judge Francis Gikonyo that had directed the same.
Justice Gikonyo ruled in favour of petitioners Speaker Leonard Nduati Kariuki, the Murang’a County Assembly and local resident Anthony Mwangi Maina who wanted Kihurunjo barred from acting on behalf of the speaker.
The judge issued an injunction order that had been in effect since July 12, 2018, that also barred any other person from "acting or representing himself as, or purporting, to act in the position of the deputy speaker of the county assembly".
[caption caption="Samuel Kihurunjo Mwangi who served deputy speaker in Murang'a before court ruling that abolished the position"]
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