Grace Kaindi withdraws case challenging her ouster

Former Deputy Inspector-General of Police Grace Kaindi on Wednesday withdrew a case she had filed to challenge her removal by President Uhuru Kenyatta.

Ms Kaindi’s lawyer, David Oduor, told the court that his client was considering alternative ways to seek redress over the decision to replace her.

Last week, Ms Kaindi filed a case seeking to overturn President Kenyatta’s decision, claiming that her removal from the police service and subsequent appointment as ambassador meant the government had ignored the law.

She claimed in the suit papers that a deputy inspector-general cannot be fired without following due process.

She accused the government’s legal adviser, Attorney-General Githu Muigai, and the National Police Service Commission of violating the Constitution and the law on the National Police Service.

She also said the decision to remove her was never put in writing and, therefore, the directive to sack her was an “illegal roadside declaration”.

She accused President Kenyatta of violating the commission’s powers and challenged the fact that her replacement did not consider the two-thirds gender rule required by the Constitution.

Ms Kaindi insisted that her five-year contract ends in 2018 and hence the purported transfer violates her terms of employment.