The Standard Group Plc is a multi-media organization with investments in media
platforms spanning newspaper print
operations, television, radio broadcasting, digital and online services. The
Standard Group is recognized as a
leading multi-media house in Kenya with a key influence in matters of national
and international interest.
Impunity arises when there is disregard for the rule of law.
Yet, this is precisely what the Kenya Airline Pilots Association (Kalpa) have done in ignoring injunctive court orders staying their notice of industrial action. Consequently, KALPA have instructed their members to withhold their labour, leading to the grounding of air transport services provided by Kenya Airways (KQ).
KALPA's intransigence is not without precedent. Not for the first time, they have made unconscionable demands and walked out of negotiations with their employer KQ in an "all or nothing" attitude. A chronology of events leading to this week's unlawful strike bears witness.
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