Vihiga County petition against CECM Health

In 2022, the Governor of the County Government of Vihiga appointed a gentleman as the Minister for Health (County Executive Committee Member for Health) who did not fulfil the legal requirements. The appointee’s background was in education as a teacher, while the County Assembly of Vihiga had enacted a law stipulating that the Minister of Health must possess a technical background in healthcare. In response, 254hope took this matter to the Employment Labour Relations Court (ELRC) which was defeated on the grounds that 254hope had not tried to bring the issue to the attention of the County Assembly of Vihiga prior to moving to court.