Nairobi, Sept. 14 -- The High Court has rejected an application seeking to jail two senior officials of the Local Authorities Provident Fund (Lapfund) over alleged disobedience of orders restoring five former directors appointed by retired President Uhuru Kenyatta's administration.

The court dismissed the contempt application against Acting Chief Executive Officer Bernard Mbogo and board chairman Johnson Osoi, finding that the orders the officials were accused of breaching were no longer enforceable.

The dispute followed the revocation of the appointments of Molu Jillo Mamo, Haro Guto Okola, Kirigha Mwanyasi, Elyas Sheikh Abdinoor and Patrick Muiruri by to the Treasury Cabinet in February and March 2023.

The quintet had been appointed ...