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.