A new petition filed under a certificate of urgency at the Employment and Labour Relations Court demands Philip Mainga vacate office immediately. It arrives as evidence mounts of bribery negotiations tied to the Sh817 million Nairobi Central Station tender, two contempt convictions, a land fraud trail touching over 544 public parcels, catastrophic financial losses exceeding Sh28 billion in a single year, and a tenure whose legal authority remains shrouded in deliberate opacity.
He has served beyond two full three-year terms, spent nearly two years acting before being confirmed, and is now a squatter in an office the law says he has no business occupying. Yet there he sits.
COFEK argues that Mainga has served beyond two three-year terms, acted in the same role for nearly two years before being confirmed substantively, and has now remained in office past the mandatory retirement age of 60.
The Managing Director of Kenya Railways Corporation (KRC), Philip Mainga, has found himself unexpectedly mentioned in a high-profile defamation case involving Mombasa businessman Abubakar Ali Joho and his business rival, highlighting the complex web of relationships in Kenya’s port logistics sector. The Unexpected Witness Mainga’s name surfaced during court proceedings where Matilda Maodo Kinzani, an […]
Central to their case is the allegation that Mainga orchestrated a series of irregular procurement deals and questionable leasing arrangements, leading to massive financial losses.
‘Scandalous’ Kenya Railway Managing Director Phillip Mainga has struck again and appointed inexperience corrupt linked Benedict Kiema Kavua to a plum position after he allegdly took some bribe in exchange of of the said job. This is Contrary to expectations of many internal staff who either shunned to apply for lack of trust in the […]
His fears are that former employees that he unceremoniously dismissed from the corporation could be conspiring with big media houses and senior bloggers to expose his dirty dealings.
Tens of parastatal chief executives are sitting on the edge as Ruto’s administration aggressively seeks to replace top bosses in State-backed firms and agencies as it races to assert its influence. Chief executives in at least nine cash-flush parastatals will see their terms expire in the coming months while over 11 of the firms have […]
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