Bomet Women Representative Linet Chepkorir alias Toto is on the spot after being taken to court over alleged nepotism by employing her relatives at her office.
According to the lawsuit filed at the Employment and Labour Relations Court in Nairobi by two Bomet residents, Collins Barno and Stanley Kiprotich Bii, Toto is accused of hiring 15 members of her family who take home a total of Sh612,000 monthly out of the Sh811,000 allocated for staff salaries.
Toto is also accused of not adhering to minimum requirements, which include; gender, transparency, fair competition, merit and integrity.
"While appointing the six persons Chepkorir totally ignored the gender principle which is a requirement in public appointments as the dictates of the constitution since there are only three women out of fifteen staff she has employed in her office," the petitioners claim.
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They also claim that Linet Toto’s move to hire her relatives is not only an act of nepotism but also detrimental to the rule of law in the administration of the public office.
"Unless the said appointments are quashed by an order of the court, it will set a bad precedent in the country, where public institutions and appointments will be made unlawfully and irregularly on the basis of partisan consideration instead of strict compliance with the legal requirements," the petitioners added.
They want the Employment and Labour Relations Court to rule that Toto’s appointment of six people as support staff in the office of the Bomet County Women's Representative is null and void, unlawful, and unconditional.
The alleged six persons are Bett Kipkirui (county manager office of women representative), Dominic Mutai (deputy manager), Sheila Chep’ngeno (county coordinator), Josephat Kiplangat (field officer), Pius Kiplangat (communications officer) and Emmanuel Kipkorir (media personnel).
