The acting Kenya Ports Authority (KPA) Managing Director, John Mwangemi, shocked the court after it was disclosed that he is still Kenya's Ambassador to Djibouti.
Mwangemi, who was recently appointed as the acting KPA boss, left his ambassadorial job pending awaiting for the state, through Treasury Cabinet Secretary Ukur Yatani, to appoint a substantive Managing Director of the parastatal.
The Friday, August 6 revelation came after the Commission for Human Rights and Justice (CHRJ) Executive Director, Julius Ogogoh, filed a petition challenging his (Mwangemi's) secondment for the Port's job.
"Currently, I'm the Ambassador to the Republic of Djibouti and I'm responsible for Kenya's diplomatic relations with Djibouti," Mwangemi responded to the petition by Ogogoh.
In the papers submitted to the court, Mwangemi's appointment did not follow the laid down procedure.
Ogogoh revealed that Mwangemi was not among the candidates shortlisted for the interviews because he did not meet the laid down threshold but somehow managed to get the job.
He wanted CS Yatani to immediately revoke the appointment.
Ogogoh's plea to suspend Mwangemi was, however, dismissed by Justice Bryan Onyaga of the Employment and Labour Relations Court and ordered that he should continue serving as KPA Managing Director.
Mwangemi landed his second job on June 29 replacing Rashid Salim.
The position of the KPA Managing Director fell vacant in March last year after then boss Daniel Manduku, who had held the post for less than two years, resigned over graft allegations. Mr Salim was appointed on an interim basis.
