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Sacked Maasai Mara varsity deputy VC reinstated as don
Monday March 01 2021
Maasai Mara University vice-chancellor Mary Walingo with freshers during a past event at the institution. FILE PHOTO | NMG
Summary
In declining to restore her as Deputy Vice Chancellor, academic, research and student affairs, the court noted that there was a hostile work environment for her due to her differences with the university’s vice chancellor Prof Mary Walingo.
Justices Daniel Musinga, Jamilla Mohammed and Sankale Ole Kantai also found that the position which Prof Kandenyi was holding had been abolished.
They however ordered that she be paid a salary compensation of Sh2 million.
Newsmakers of the year
Immaculate Kassait
The election specialist last month become Kenya’s first-ever data commissioner. While some celebrated her rise in a predominantly patriarchal society, others were quick to question her suitability for the sensitive role given her history as an official of the Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC), which has in the past been criticised for questionable data management in the disputed 2017 General Election.
Parliament was even served with a memorandum by the International Commission of Jurists questioning her suitability, but the MPs rejected it because the lobby failed to demonstrate her culpability.
“I am willing and ready to work to ensure that regulations are in place to ensure that data protection in Kenya becomes a reality. Kenya is placed second in Africa after Ghana as a trailblazer in ensuring personal data is protected,” Ms Kassait was quoted saying when she appeared before the Communication and Innovation c