Kenya’s former EAC workers sue for sh75b
Jun 28, 2010
OVER 740 Kenyans who served in the defunct East African Community (EAC) have sought justice in the regional Court of Justice in Arusha, Tanzania to compel the Kenyan government to pay their benefits which have been pending for 33 years.
By Reuben Olita
OVER 740 Kenyans who served in the defunct East African Community (EAC) have sought justice in the regional Court of Justice in Arusha, Tanzania to compel the Kenyan government to pay their benefits which have been pending for 33 years.
The case was filed last week by the former employees’ lawyers Mutembei, Gichuru and Company Advocates. In a court affidavit signed by Marete Mutembei, the former employees want the Arusha-based court to compel Kenya’s Attorney General Amos Wako to pay their terminal benefits totalling over sh75b.
The employees argue that a mediation agreement was signed by the then heads of state of the three member countries that made up the East African Community on May 14, 1984 to share assets and liabilities of the community.
The leaders were Daniel arap Moi (Kenya), the late Julius Nyerere (Tanzania), and Milton Obote (Uganda). They said the Kenya government later received money from the British government for paying their terminal benefits but did not effect the payment.
The former employees are demanding payment including interest and the cost of the suit. The secretary general of the former EAC Employees Association, Christopher Maloba, explained over the weekend that they took legal means after efforts to seek justice in Kenya failed.
OVER 740 Kenyans who served in the defunct East African Community (EAC) have sought justice in the regional Court of Justice in Arusha, Tanzania to compel the Kenyan government to pay their benefits which have been pending for 33 years.
The case was filed last week by the former employees’ lawyers Mutembei, Gichuru and Company Advocates. In a court affidavit signed by Marete Mutembei, the former employees want the Arusha-based court to compel Kenya’s Attorney General Amos Wako to pay their terminal benefits totalling over sh75b.
The employees argue that a mediation agreement was signed by the then heads of state of the three member countries that made up the East African Community on May 14, 1984 to share assets and liabilities of the community.
The leaders were Daniel arap Moi (Kenya), the late Julius Nyerere (Tanzania), and Milton Obote (Uganda). They said the Kenya government later received money from the British government for paying their terminal benefits but did not effect the payment.
The former employees are demanding payment including interest and the cost of the suit. The secretary general of the former EAC Employees Association, Christopher Maloba, explained over the weekend that they took legal means after efforts to seek justice in Kenya failed.