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Court affirms NGO's decision to fire female boss for sexual assault

At the heart of the case was a house dinner in February 2021, where the incident happened. The victim told the court that when she got drunk, their host took her to a bedroom. [iStockphoto]

The Employment and Labour Relations Court in Nairobi has affirmed a Non-Governmental Organisation's (NGO's) to fire a female manager for sexually harassing her colleague.

Justice Benard Manani, in his judgment, said that the NGO, codenamed TF, was justified in kicking out its former employee, identified as WNN, through internal processes without involving the police.

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