A legal challenge to Francis Atwoli's sixth term as COTU-K secretary-general has been dismissed by the Employment and Labour Relations Court on a procedural technicality, not on the merits of the election complaints.

• The court ruled that the dispute, concerning a trade union election, was incorrectly filed as a constitutional petition.
• The case was brought by Fazul Mahamed and the Institute for Democratic Governance challenging the March 14 election.
• The ruling emphasizes that trade union election disputes must follow specific legal mechanisms outlined in the Labour Relations Act and related rules, not general constitutional petitions.