Drunkenness at work is listed as gross misconduct under section 44 of the Employment Act of Kenya 2024. What is the standard required when determining whether to terminate the employee for being drunk at work?

Can an employee be disciplined twice for the same offence ? In this employment law episode, we discuss what happens when an employee is disciplined for an offence and after that terminated. Does this offend the rights of that employee?

In our employment law series, we dissect this decision of the Court of Appeal. The employee appealed against the decision of the Employment and Labour Relations Court. the key matter for consideration was whether an employee who frustrates the disciplinary proceedings can claim unfair termination.

How does an employer deal with an under-performing employee? In this episode, we tackle the Performance Improvement Plan, commonly known as the PIP. The employee sued the employer for carrying out the PIP in a manner that was unfair to him, what was the court's finding? Listen in

Ruth Kamande was found guilty of the Murder of her boyfriend Mr. Mohamed and was sentenced to death. She then filed an appeal before Kenya's Court of Appeal where a 3 Judge bench heard her Appeal. In her Appeal, she was represented by Kenya's former Attorney General, Senior Counsel Githu Muigai. V for Verdict is a podcast dedicated to celebrating Kenya's home-grown jurisprudence. We highlight court cases decided in Kenya and tell the stories of the trial battles in Kenya's corridors of justice.

On 20th September 2015 at Buruburu Estate in Nairobi County, neighbors were roused by a sharp scream for help by Mr. Mohamed who claimed that his girlfriend Ruth Kamande had stabbed her. That was the beginning of a cold-blooded murder by 25 stabs that Ruth Kamande inflicted on Mohamed. This is the story of that case. V for Verdict is a podcast dedicated to celebrating Kenya's home-grown jurisprudence. We highlight court cases decided in Kenya and tell the stories of the trial battles in Kenya's corridors of justice.