National Parents Association now wants Nicholas Maiyo and two other officials jailed for disobeying court orders to vacate office.

The Association officials led by David Obuhatsa filed a contempt of court application on Tuesday seeking to have the three jailed for six months for disobeying the orders issued on September 19.

The officials also sought orders to have the ex-officials committed to Nairobi Industrial Area Remand Prison and Nairobi Women Prison-Langata, for the aforementioned period.

The court will issue directions on the matter on October 6.

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“Take notice that the Honorable Court shall be moved on the 6th day of October 2022 at 9.00 o’clock in the forenoon or so soon thereafter as the Counsel for Applicants may be heard on the application,” the court said.

In the orders issued,  Maiyo, Jeremiah Nyakundi and Sarah Kagendo Mitambo were directed to vacate the office within seven days.

They were also ordered to hand over bank accounts, office files, receipt books, sponsorship agreements, membership registers and any other official documents.

This was after Maiyo’s election was found to have been illegally conducted.

“Nicholas Maiyo, Sarah Kagendo and Jeremiah Nyakundi are further restrained from attending or participating in any education forum organised by either the ministry or any other stakeholder,” the court said.

Justice Hedwig Ong’udi of the High Court further ordered that Obuhatsa be the recognised chairman of the parents association.

In Tuesday’s application, officials said they visited the officers at Re-insurance Plaza to be handed over to the office but were barred from entering.

It added that the ex-officials were on record for saying they were not ready to comply with the court orders.

“Even after being served with the Court Order, Maiyo called a press conference on September 22 and informed the public that they should not be worried because he does not recognize the orders that were issued by the court on September 19, and as such he was going to discharge his duties without any fear,” the application reads.

A gruesome battle is looming at the national parents association after a section of members began pushing for fresh elections.

This is after the High Court’s ruling last year, which dismissed the current national representatives headed by Nicholas Maiyo.

In his February 3 2021judgment, Justice Anthony Mrima ordered the Ministry of Education to hold fresh elections of National Parents Association (NPA) officials, maintaining that the team led by Maiyo was illegally in office.

Further, another section of the members­ cites a judgement by Justice Hedwig Ong’udi on May 31, 2022, that they claim also nullified Maiyo’s election.

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“The Court directed the National Elections Board (NEB) of the Association to conduct fresh elections within 45 days. We have therefore declared vacant the under-mentioned positions within the Association and call for elections on August 27, 2022, at a venue to be communicated separately to the delegate,” said Moses Nthesi.

Nthesi, who serves as the chairman of the national election board of the latter, also asks parents wishing to vie in various elective positions to submit their applications before August 15.

“Application forms will be obtained from the Board’s Offices on payment of a non-refundable fee of Sh2500,” said Nthesi.

Maiyo, has, however, dismissed the faction, terming them masqueraders who are not part of their association.

“We came into being in light of the Basic Education Act, but those ones exist under the Societies Act. And so, we are two different entities. And in fact, there are so many parent associations in the country like them,” said Maiyo.

Maiyo said that his association only represents public primary and secondary schools.

But in the notice, Nthesi says that they will also have representatives of parents in private schools, higher education and tertiary institutions.

Nthesi also says that his outfit will elect representatives of the special needs school’s sub-sector and also primary, secondary and nursery schools.

“As you can see, we are different entities and we are cautioning them to stop dragging our names in court because we are not them and they are not us,” said Maiyo.

Justice Mrima in the 2021 ruling said that there was no adequate public participation ahead of the elections as some parents were not accorded a chance to vote.