By Robert Amalemba | 2 months ago
The driver was “among the best, but abandoned the company vehicle by the roadside and slept along the trenches due to intoxication”.
A good driver sacked by Brookside Company for being drunk and disorderly at work has failed in a petition to have the company pay him for the dismissal, which he felt was “severe and not procedural.” The milk processor testified that the driver was “among the best, but abandoned the company vehicle by the roadside and slept along the trenches due to intoxication”.
Charles Asango sued his former employer in 2016, claiming he was among the loyal workers at the firm from 2009 until he was fired without prior warning. Asango wanted the Labour Court in Kisumu to order Brookside to pay him unspecified damages for unlawful dismissal in addition to a three-month salary of Sh191,382, house allowance of Sh1.6 million and pension. The Brookside Human Resource Manager Elizabeth Mwari however countered the testimo