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How CEO's 'one-night stand' texts cost his company millions

Man texting on his phone. [Courtesy/GettyImages]

A ‘one-night stand’ WhatsApp message and a sexually explicit ohangla video sent by an IT company’s Chief Executive Officer to a female employee following a night out have cost his firm Sh1.2 million.

The employee told the Employment and Labour Relations Court that she was forced to resign after alleged rape and sexual harassment by the CEO of Pawa IT Solutions Limited, coupled with a salary reduction and unfair treatment after reporting the matter.

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