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Valerie Angawa was accused of sexually harassing a male colleague by calling her names like "baby boy", "lollipop", and "baby boy lollipop." [Valerie Angawa, LinkedIn]
A city lawyer has successfully challenged her termination from employment over sexual harassment claims, which were based on her alleged references to a former colleague as "baby boy", "lollipop", and "baby boy lollipop."
In a judgment delivered by the Nairobi Employment and Labour Relations Court, the court ruled that the sexual harassment allegations, which formed the basis of her dismissal, were malicious, unfounded and never occurred-or if they did, the alleged victim, Samfelix Randa, appeared to welcome them, given his failure to report the matter over one year and five months.
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