VERONICA LEIRO SIMINTOI & DOROTHY ADHIAMBO OKACH V. NATIONAL POLICE SERVICE COMMISSION

JUDGMENT OF THE COURT

The appellants, Veronica Leiro Simintoi and Dorothy Adhiambo Okach, filed petitions numbers 13 of 2018 and 18 of 2018 respectively in the Employment and Labour Relations Court (ELRC) at Kisumu. These two petitions and others were consolidated as they arose from the same cause of action and were heard and determined by Nduma Nderi, J. The genesis of the appellants’ grievances in the ELRC are summed up in the judgment of Nderi, J, as follows:

“The facts common in the petitions are that the petitioners were subjected to vetting for traffic officers held at Tom Mboya Labour College, Kisumu. The petitioners were found unfit to serve as police officers for various reasons provided in the hansard records of the proceedings and the report by the vetting board.

The petitioners filed review applications against the decision to remove them from police service.

The petitioners were called for vetting review and were subjected to further questioning by the review panel.

The review…