THE STANDARD By
Kamau Muthoni |
December 29th 2020 at 08:55:14 GMT +0300
Former Head of Mission of the League of Arab States has been awarded Sh2 million as compensation for discrimination by a local bank.
Justice Weldon Korir
(pictured) in a landmark judgment ordered Gulf African Bank to pay Mustafa Abdulrahman Khogali Sh2 million after finding that the lender closed his bank account on the account of being a Sudanese national.
Gulf Bank issued the diplomat a cheque for the money he had in his account in 2017, and informed him that it was unable to meet his banking needs. He was then informed that owing to sanctions imposed on Sudan by the US, the bank feared associating with any Sudanese national to avoid repercussions.