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Article

24 Nov 2016

Author:
Maureen Kakah, Business Daily (Kenya)

Kenya: Employee sues East African Portland Cement CEO for sexual harassment; company denies allegations

"Portland Cement CEO entangled in sexual harassment legal suit"

East African Portland Cement Company[EAPCC]...chief executive Simon Peter Ole Nkeri s embroiled in a sexual misconduct legal tussle with a top executive at the listed cement firm. Lucy Limanto Molonket, the head of sales and marketing, has accused Mr. Nkeri of harassment and sexual assault...Ms Molonket claimed that Mr. Nkeri sexually assaulted her at her office at around mid-day on August 31. She told the court that...[he] acknowledged the assault and sent an apology on the same day at 10pm...She reckons the sexual misconduct saga prompted her transfer...to a low profile job as head of special projects...

AEPCC chairman William Lay defended the CEO against the sexual assault claims, arguing that Ms Molonket was moved in re-organisation of the firm's executive suit...