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16 Dec 2016

Author:
Brian Wasuna, Business Daily (Kenya)

Kenya: Fly 540 airline sued for failure to provide special equipment to support persons with disabilities

"Disabled doctor sues Fly 540 after being kicked out of Nairobi flight"

A disabled passenger who claimed she was barred from boarding a Fly 540 flight has now sued the airline, citing discrimination for failing to provide equipment for persons with disabilities. Agnes Nyaga has filed a petition in the High Court claiming the pilot of a Fly 540 plane declined to let her on board, and shouted at her in a humiliating manner...

In its response to the suit, Fly 540 insists that Dr Nyaga declined help from male employees including the pilot...Dr Nyaga wants...[the court] to find that Fly 540's failure to provide special equipment to assist people with disabilities is discriminatory.