A Labour Court has issued an order suspending a decision by Ketraco’s Board of Directors that suspended it's General Manager Engineer Antony Wamukota from office.
Employment and Labour Court Judge Byrum Ongaya said Wamukota established a case for grant of the orders sought and that the threshold was met.
Wamukota through advocate Moses Sikuta moved to court on November 21, following the boards decision contained in a letter dated November 15 this year.
The board made a decision at its special general meeting to suspend him for 12 months pending probe into the Loiyangalani-Suswa power line project.
Wamukota termed his suspension as illegal arguing that he was never given an opportunity to be heard.
Justice Byrum in scheduling the hearing for February 14 next year also restrained Ketraco, it's accounting officer and the Ethics and Anti-Corruption Commission from terminating Wamukota employment based on the letters in issue.
He directed the respondents to file their responses before the slated hearing date.
Wamukota in his court papers says the Board made the decision under express directions from the Ethics and Anti-Corruption Commission (EACC), which was contrary to their human resource policy and procedures manual.
“My illegal suspension was a planned, and predetermined decision influenced by the Ethics and Anti-Corruption Commission which Ketraco’s Board deliberately decided to overlook and flout its Human Resource Policy and Procedures Manual by taking the most distasteful decision of illegally and immediately suspending me,” Wamukota’s court papers read.
Wamukota claims Ketraco never acted on any complaint and that EACC usurped the powers of Ketraco at its board meeting.
According to Wamukota, EACC chose to issue adverse recommendations leading to his immediate suspension even when there is still pending before the High Court a constitutional petition over the same.
He argues in that matter, the High Court issued an order restraining from arresting, charging or prosecuting him over any activity or any events relating to the Ketraco-Loiyangalani-Suswa Transmission Interconnector (II) Line Project.
