IN SUMMARY
- Dr Charles Kirimi Mbui wanted the Labour Relations Court to stop KTDA from terminating his contract as managing director of KTDA’s subsidiary Chai Trading Company, “which was renewed on June 8, 2021.”
- The court said although there was a recommendation for renewal of Dr Mbui’s contract, he did not show that the board was bound by those recommendations.
- The committee had recommended that since he will attain the mandatory retirement age of 60 years in September 2025, his contract be renewed for a further period of three years and 11 months
A top manager at the Kenya Tea Development Agency (KTDA) Holdings has failed in his bid to retain his job after the expiry of a three-year contract.
Dr Charles Kirimi Mbui wanted the Labour Relations Court to stop KTDA from terminating his contract as managing director of KTDA’s subsidiary Chai Trading Company, “which was renewed on June 8, 2021.”
He had already obtained a temporary order dated September 29, 2021, stopping his sacking or recruitment of a new MD pending determination of the case.
But James Rika has declined Dr Mbui’s request and discharged the temporary order upon finding that the same had been granted against the background of his failure to make full disclosure of material facts.
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