Kenyatta University Vice Chancellor Prof Olive Mugenda at her office(FILE PHOTO).
BY THOMAS KARIUKI.
Kenyatta University Vice Chancellor Prof Olive Mugenda has been directed by the Court to produce her work contract in the next three days.
Judge Hellen Wasilwa directed the embattled VC to do so after she complained through her advocates that the court has interfered with her contract and gone ahead to rewrite it.
According to the judge, production of the contract is necessary for proper determination of the matter.
Prof Mugenda should provide a copy of the said contract for purposes of determining pending applications in court within three days.
The court said it cannot determine the suit without seeing a copy of the said contract.
However, the judge said recruitment of a new VC at Kenyatta University will remain suspended until a final determination is made.
According to the university’s charter, Mugenda is set to retire this month.
Human rights activist Okiya Omtatah had moved to court seeking Mugenda’s ouster arguing that she has completed the mandatory two terms and should vacate office immediately.
Mugenda was appointed Vice Chancellor in 2007 and then reappointed in 2012 by then President Mwai Kibaki for another five years.
Mugenda joined the university as a tutorial fellow in 1981 and rose through the ranks to become the Deputy Vice Chancellor for Finance and Planning.
When the position of Vice Chancellor at the university was advertised, she applied and beat three other applicants and became the first Kenyan woman to hold the position, in April 2006.
However, her re-appointment in March 2011 was controversial after the University Senate failed to advertise the position for competitive recruitment forcing Wilfrida Itolongo, Muma Solomon, Elena Korir, Martha MIayandazi and Fred Obare to go to court to challenge her appointment.
