The High Court has extended orders preventing the government’s directive for parents to pay school fees through the eCitizen platform.
Justice Chacha Mwita ruled that the government would not be affected by the extension. Additionally, the Law Society of Kenya (LSK) and Kenya Union of Post Primary Education Teachers (KUPPET) have been included in the case as interested parties.
Milimani Law Courts Judge Chacha Mwita issued the order on Wednesday following a petition filed by Nakuru doctor Magare Gikenyi on Tuesday. The circular by Education Principal Secretary Belio Kipsang has been suspended pending further directions to be issued in the case on February 13, 2024.
Last week, on February 7, Milimani Law Courts judge Chacha Mwita suspended the circular by Education Principal Secretary Belio Kipsang pending further directions to be issued in the case filed by Nakuru doctor Magare Gikenyi.
“An interim conservatory order is herby issued suspending the Circular or letter by the Principal Secretary (Belio R Kipsang), Ministry of Education dated 31st January 2024, requiring parents/guardians and or students to pay fees and or any other levies for all government learning institutions through e-citizen platform or any other digital platform(s) until 13th February 2024, when the court will issue further directions in this petition,” ruled the judge.
A memo to all national school principals dated January 31, 2024, and signed by PS Kipsang directed institution heads to share school bank account details with the office of the State Department’s Director-General by Tuesday, February 6, 2024.
This, the PS said, was part of the government’s efforts to onboard all government services onto the e-Citizen platform to enhance service delivery.The court will hear the matter on April 17, this year.
