A man who was challenging the renewal of National Transport and Safety Authority (NTSA) Director General George Njao’s term in office now says the case was dropped without his knowledge.
Edwin Were on Thursday told Employment and Labour Relations Judge Byrum Ongaya that he did not consent to an order settling the matter.
The consent was allegedly adopted by the court in January last year.
Were now wants the matter reinstated saying the adoption of the consent by the court was made without his approval.
The recording of the consent he says stands in the way of ensuring that the position of DG NTSA is filled using a competitive process.
In a swift rejoinder, the NTSA board through Advocate Charles Agwara told the court that the adoption of the consent only meant that the matter had been settled and there was nothing left for the court to determine.
But Judge Byrum directed the matter be heard on March 12 which will give away time to file the necessary documentation for the current application before court.
The judge also directed the law firm of Okoth & Company Advocates, which had drawn the consent, to be served with the application.
Were had moved to court in January last year seeking to block the renewal of Njao's term which expired in October 2022.
He was appointed for a term of three years back in 2019.
They said Njao had applied to have his contract extended for a further three years and thus sought to have NTSA and Transport CS Kipchumba Murkomen blocked from accepting his application for term extension.
