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The Employment and Labour Relations Court has refused to dismiss a case in which men sought equal paternity leave days as women.
Justice Stella Rutto dismissed objections filed by the Ministry of Labour and the Attorney General, who argued that the labour court lacked jurisdiction over Dr Magare Gikenyi's case because he was neither an employee nor a union official.
According to the Ministry and the AG, the High Court, not the Labour Court, is the best place to argue about equal paternity and maternity leave days.
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