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15 Mar 2018

Author:
Galgallo Fayo, Business Daily (Kenya)

Kenya: National Bank of Kenya employee files a lawsuit against CEO for alleged sexual harassment

"NBK boss in staff sexual assault case"

National Bank chief executive Wilfred Musau has been accused of sexual assault and harassment by a female employee of the lender. Asanta Samantha Luku has filed the suit at the Employment and Labour Relations Court complaining that Mr Musau has threatened to sack her if she does not give in to his sexual advances. She claims that the HR department has asked her to withdraw a complaint she has filed on the matter.

Ms Luku, who is a manager in the mortgage section, says the sexual advances started early 2017 but took a turn for the worse after she emerged top in an internally advertised position of business development manager. “The second respondent (Mr Musau) summoned me to his office and told me that I had emerged the best in the interview and had been recommended for appointment…the second respondent said my letter of acceptance was on his desk awaiting his signature without which I could not get the job,” she claims in an affidavit. “He said that if I wanted the job then I should have sex with him,” she claims in a detailed affidavit that vividly describes the alleged ordeal she suffered in the hands of the top-most officer at the Nairobi Securities Exchange listed bank. Ms Luku is asking the court to restrain Mr Musau from harassing her sexually and wants protection for her job. Further, she wants to be awarded Sh55 million in damages.