Court orders Kenya Airways to reinstate sacked engineers

A Labour Court judge has directed Kenya Airways to immediately reinstate sacked engineers and technicians pending hearing and determination of the case. The engineers and technicians are challenging the airline's decision to sack them on claims they had engaged in unprotected strike. The airline's lawyer Monday requested the court to give them up to Tuesday to file a response in the case. The request was granted by the court. The judge, however, noted that it would be unsafe for the public to fly in unserviced aircrafts, hence the order that they be reinstated as the case is litigated in court. The carrier was last Tuesday stopped from replacing the more than 130 technical staff. <br/>