Court orders JSC to explain why magistrate missed out on promotion News 16 min ago
Employment and Labour Relations Court Judge Jacob Gakeri ruled that Principal Magistrate Gathogo Sogomo was entitled to information relating to his unsuccessful bid for promotion to Senior Principal Magistrate, including his interview scorecard, the interview panel's recommendations, the reasons for his non-promotion and the commission's decision.
A principal magistrate has won a court order compelling the Judicial Service Commission (JSC) to release records explaining why he missed out on promotion, but failed in his attempt to have the recruitment process nullified or to secure damages.
Mr Sogomo asked the court to quash the promotion decision, compel the JSC to reconsider his application, award him Sh7 million in damages and order the commission to release all documents relating to the interview.
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