Kenya Airways' staff suspended for filming a plane from China landing, raising public concern over coronavirus, to seek legal redress
"KQ staff suspended over Chinese plane video seeks protection"
A Kenya Airways employee working at the Jomo Kenyatta International Airport (JKIA), who was suspended on allegations of filming and sharing a video of a China Southern Airlines plane landing in Nairobi, will file a legal suit seeking protection. Mr Gire Ali will be filing the suit through lawyer Danstan Omari at the High Court in Milimani...“He has been receiving threats and has reported the matter at Kahawa Wendani Police Station. We will be moving to court to seek protection,” said lawyer Omari...
In his suspension letter, Mr Ali was accused of being involved in the recording of the video. The letter, signed by Chief Human Resources Officer Everlyne Munyoki, states that the recording was contrary to provision 16.2 of the company’s human resource policy manual...The landing of the plane led to an uproar by Kenyans and prompted at least three court petitions by the Law Society of Kenya, two doctors (Dr Joseph Mithika Mwenda and Dr Thiakanu Cyprian Mwirabua) and a lawyer (Kounah Ochieng). They all secured court orders suspending flights from China for 10 days because of the coronavirus concerns.