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A court battle is brewing over Kenya Railways operations and the corporation’s Managing Director Phillip Mainga's reign.
A petitioner is now seeking to push the KR boss out, claiming he is employed on permanent terms.
In the case against KR board, the Attorney General and Transport Cabinet Secretary, the complainant alleges that Mainga was appointed in 2018, noting that State corporations hire their bosses on short-term contracts.
Mainga has been named as an interested party.
“Under the prevailing governance principles applicable to the state corporations, the office of the Managing Director is not meant to be occupied indefinitely,” argues Wahome Mucunu, adding that Mainga’s tenure in office ought to have allegedly lapsed in 2024.
Mucunu claims that the corporation has been at the heart of numerous concerns over procurement and transparency.
He states that among the projects that have raised concerns are the Standard Gauge Railway (SGR project).