Gavel
A court
Thursday declined to suspend a gazette notice that named a new speaker of
Isiolo County.
With the
gazettement of Abdullahi Jaldesa Banticha it meant that embattled Speaker
Mohamed Roba ceased being the substantive Speaker.
A group of
activists under Operation Linda Jamii moved to court seeking to suspend the
gazette notice that was published on June 26 naming Banticha as Speaker.
The
petitioners wanted the court to order that pending inter parties hearing of the
application, Banticha be prohibited from forcibly taking over of the office of
Speaker of County Assembly of Isiolo pending the hearing and application of
this application.
They also
wanted pending inter partes hearing of the application the Attorney General be
forced to cancel and or revoke the gazette Notice No.8667 that appointed
Banticha as the Speaker of Isiolo County Assembly.
They further
wanted Banticha and Clerk Salad Boru be barred from enjoying the benefits that
comes from the offices they hold.
But justice
Bahati Mwamuye ordered the petitioner to serve the application, petition, and
directions on all five respondents and all 20 Interested Parties in both
hardcopy and softcopy by close of business July 10.
The
respondents and interested parties shall enter appearance and file and serve
their respective responses to both the application and the petition by close of
business July 16 with the rejoinder to be filed and served by close of business
July 21.
The parties shall file and serve written submissions in support of the application by close of business July 25 with written submissions being filed and served by close of business August 1.
Rebuttal
written submissions, by the petitioner only, shall be filed and served by close
of business August 8 while the hearing will be August 11 by way of highlighting
of written submissions, virtually.
Clerk of the
Assembly Salad Guracha gazetted Banticha as the new speaker.
The clerk
also circulated a memo at the county informing staff of the new board.
This saw the
exit of the controversial speaker in an attempt to impeach Governor Abdi Guyo.
Guyo and Roba had been close friends before
they fell out.
Roba led a
group of Members of County Assembly in a campaign to impeach Guyo in a
political drama that has ended in court.
A court
stopped the process and termed it null and void and summoned Robar to explain
why he cannot be cited for contempt.
But Roba forwarded
the impeachment motion to the Senate which objected the motion.
