The High Court in Garissa has stopped the Garissa and Mandera executive committees from carrying out any official functions pending determination of a case filed by a lobby group. The Northern Nomadic Disabled Persons Organisation moved to court challenging the composition of the cabinet named by Garissa governor Nadhif Jama and his Mandera counterpart Ali Roba.
The group said the constitution requires a five per cent slot for persons with disabilities in the committees which was not met. Justice Stella Mutuku issued a temporary injunction and set the hearing for the petition on June 10.
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