Court extends orders barring Banticha’s removal as new Isiolo Assembly Speaker

The High Court yesterday extended orders stopping the removal of the recently gazetted Speaker, Abdullahi Jaldesa Banticha.

Justice Hellen Wasilwa set the mention for the case on September 22, 2025.

The judge had last week stopped the degazment of Banticha.

She allowed an interested party to be enjoined to the proceedings and the Preliminary Objection and Application be canvassed first.

“The Interim orders are extended,” the judge ordered.

The Respondents are to file their responses to Preliminary Objection and Application within 14 days.

The ruling comes amid deepening political infighting and a power struggle that has crippled operations within the devolved unit.

The judge barred any attempts to degazette or remove Banticha from office pending the hearing and determination of a petition he filed against the government.

“In the interim, no action be taken removing or degazetting the applicant as the Speaker of the Respondent,” the judge ruled last week emphasizing the need to preserve the status quo until the matter is fully heard.

The degazetted Speaker Mohamed Roba moved to court seeking protection after the assembly clerk, Salad Guracha, revoked his recent appointment in a gazette notice published.

In his petition, Banticha named the Government Press and the State Law Office as respondents.