The High Court extended the government's order requiring parents to pay their children's school fees through the eCitizen platform.
Judge Chacha Mwita decided that the orders would not be detrimental to the government while extended.
The court will hear the case on April 17 of this year.
The Law Society of Kenya (LSK) and the Kenya Union of Post-Primary Education Teachers (KUPPET) have been added as interested parties.
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Judge Chacha Mwita of the Milimani Law Courts decided on Wednesday in response to a petition that Nakuru physician Magare Gikenyi had filed the previous day.
Therefore, on February 13, 2024, Justice Mwita suspended the circular issued by Education Principal Secretary Belio Kipsang until further instructions were given.
Judge Chacha Mwita of the Milimani Law Courts suspended the circular issued by Education Principal Secretary Belio Kipsang last Wednesday, February 7, pending the issuance of further directives regarding the case brought forth by doctor Magare Gikenyi of Nakuru.
"An interim conservatory order is herby issued suspending the Circular or letter by the Principal Secretary (Belio R Kipsang), Ministry of Education dated 31st January 2024, requiring parents/guardians and or students to pay fees and or any other levies for all government learning institutions through e-citizen platform or any other digital platform(s) until 13th February 2024, when the court will issue further directions in this petition," ruled the judge.
Principals of all national schools were instructed to share bank account information with the State Department's Director General's office by Tuesday, February 6, 2024, in a memo signed by PS Kipsang dated January 31, 2024.
According to the PS, this was a component of the government's initiative to improve service delivery by integrating all government services onto the e-Citizen platform.
