Africa-Press – Kenya. A Mombasa-based court on Tuesday, July 13, discovered that a fake court order was used to effect leadership changes at the Kenya Ports Authority (KPA).
The purported order, which was widely covered by the press, purported to suspend KPA Maganing Director John Mwangemi .
However, the judge presiding over the Employment and Labour Relations Court found out that the order was different from the handwritten instructions delivered last week.
Mwangemi has been cleared to assume office after orders suspending his appointment were expunged from court records.
Justice Byram Ongaya clarified that the order that allegedly quashed the KPA boss’ appointment was erroneous and directed that a proper one be extracted, verified and served to the parties.
This is not the first time that a court order has been used to inconvenience officials. In September 2018, a fake order was used to gag members of the Union of Kenya Civil Servants(UKCS) who had hatched a plot to oust a top union officials.
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