County Courts Order Sh12.7 million Compensation for Unfair Dismissals, Flagging Governance Gaps
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Three Kenyan county court rulings have ordered local governments to pay Sh12.7 million in compensation. This money is owed to five former employees who were dismissed from their jobs. The courts determined that the dismissals were unlawful. They also found that the process used to fire the staff was flawed. These judgments point to gaps in governance within the county governments.
Three recent county court judgments have compelled Kenyan county governments to pay a total of Sh12.7 million to five former staff after rulings found their dismissals unlawful and procedurally flawed.