Court faults Attorney General for HR power grab in parastatals

Attorney General Dorcas Oduor addresses journalists during the unveiling of the Government Critical Litigation and Loss Mitigation Review Committee on May 29, 2025 at the State Law Office in Nairobi.

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The High Court has issued a landmark judgment curtailing the powers of the Attorney General (AG) and the State Corporations Advisory Committee (SCAC) in human resource matters affecting State corporations and public universities.

The court on Friday nullified a July 2023 advisory issued by the Attorney General and a subsequent circular by the State Corporations Advisory Committee (SCAC), which sought to remove State corporations from the control of the Public Service Commission (PSC) because they are not part of the “public service”.

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