NAIROBI, Kenya Aug 12 – A legal challenge over the continued tenure of Kenya Railways Corporation Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer Phillip Mainga has been withdrawn, barely a day after the Employment and Labour Relations Court in Kisumu issued interim orders stopping him from exercising the powers of the office.

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The petition was withdrawn by lawyers representing Joan Nyongesa, who had questioned the legality of Mainga’s continued stay at the helm of the state corporation.

In a letter to the Chairperson and Board of Directors of Kenya Railways Corporation, Allamano & Associates said the petitioner had withdrawn both the petition and the accompanying application.

“Please note that we have since withdrawn the said Petition and the Accompanying application,” the lawyers said.

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The advocates also indicated that a formal Notice of Withdrawal had been attached to the letter.

The withdrawal followed interim orders issued by Justice Nzioki wa Makau, restraining Mainga from occupying or holding himself out as the Managing Director and CEO of Kenya Railways Corporation.

The court also barred him from exercising the powers and functions attached to the position pending an inter partes hearing.

The respondents had been directed to file and serve their responses within three days, with the matter scheduled for hearing on August 18, 2026.

The withdrawal means the petition and its accompanying application will not proceed in their current form.

Nyongesa’s petition centred on the length and legality of Mainga’s tenure as Kenya Railways CEO.

📰 Source: Capital FM Kenya