{"id":12981,"date":"2020-08-18T18:13:44","date_gmt":"2020-08-18T18:13:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.com\/kenya\/?p=12981"},"modified":"2020-08-18T18:13:44","modified_gmt":"2020-08-18T18:13:44","slug":"county-to-challenge-psc-order-on-medics","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/community\/county-to-challenge-psc-order-on-medics","title":{"rendered":"County to challenge PSC order on medics"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Author:\u00a0James Munyeki\u00a0<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>AfricaPress-Kenya:<\/strong> Laikipia Governor Ndiritu Muriithi has protested the decision by the Public Service Commission (PSC) to reinstate 27 medics. This was after the commission revoked an earlier decision by the county government to dismiss the medics.<\/p>\n<p>A letter dated August 12, 2020 signed by PSC chairman Stephen Kirogo reinstated them to the positions they held prior to the decision by the county government to summarily dismiss them on June 21, 2019.<\/p>\n<p>But Muriithi accused the commission of taking sides during the reconciliation exercise after it was directed by the Employment and Labour Relations Court in Nyeri to hear and resolve the matter.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe expectation of the County Government of Laikipia was that the commission would hear and determine the case in an impartial and fair manner but this did not happen,\u201d said Muriithi.\u00a0He accused PSC of demanding a return-to-work formula without considering that the strike that resulted in the administrative action against the said doctors was illegal.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Key decision<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u201cSince the commission had already made a decision without hearing the matter, the county government asked it to remove itself from proceeding,\u201d added Muriithi.<\/p>\n<ul class=\"list-group readmore my-3\">\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none\"><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>He said the commission did not invite the county government to make presentations, hence breaching Regulation 78 (2) of the Public Service Regulations 2020, which requires the agency to ensure every party in such a process has an opportunity to be heard.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe position of the county government is that the PSC has not conducted itself impartially by declining to give all parties an equal opportunity to be heard. It acted in total disregard of Article 50 of the Constitution and therefore the county government is going to appeal,\u201d added the governor.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Author:\u00a0James Munyeki\u00a0 AfricaPress-Kenya: Laikipia Governor Ndiritu Muriithi has protested the decision by the Public Service Commission (PSC) to reinstate 27 medics. This was after the commission revoked an earlier decision by the county government to dismiss the medics. A letter dated August 12, 2020 signed by PSC chairman Stephen Kirogo reinstated them to the positions [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":12982,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,3,8],"tags":[1324,5258,4688],"class_list":["post-12981","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-community","category-homepage-english","tag-laikipia-governor-ndiritu-muriithi","tag-psc-chairman-stephen-kirogo","tag-public-service-commission"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.1 (Yoast SEO v27.0) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>County to challenge PSC order on medics - kenya<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Laikipia Governor Ndiritu Muriithi has protested the decision by the Public Service Commission (PSC) to reinstate 27 medics. 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