"Chinese hotel to pay ex-worker Sh3m for caning"

The management of a Chinese restaurant based in Nairobi’s Kileleshwa will pay a former Kenyan worker Sh3.07 million for allowing him to be mistreated and for summarily sacking him after reporting to the police. The man, identified as SOS because he was a victim of sexual violence, was captured on a mobile phone camera being whipped by the head cook, for allegedly refusing sexual advances. The management later said he was late for work. The video caused an uproar and the Chinese cook and three others were deported on orders of the High Court.

The court said the restaurant “fostered an enabling environment for the inhumane, cruel and demeaning assaults on the petitioner to take place continuously.” The court questioned the audacity of the management to summarily dismiss the victim for reporting the crime. The judge said the dismissal was a violation of his rights and against the Employment Act and therefore entitled to compensation. He said the victim was not only sexually molested and physically assaulted continuously but was also tortured psychologically.