ORTHODOX DEVELOPMENT SAVINGS AND CREDIT LIMITED V. HARRIET K. MUTESHI

JUDGMENT OF THE COURT

1. Harriet K. Muteshi (the respondent) was initially employed by Orthodox Development Savings and Credit Society Ltd. (the appellant) as a Public Relations and Marketing officer and later re-designated as a Loans Officer. Subsequently, on 10^th September, 2011 she was promoted to a FOSA Manager. It was while she held this position that the appellant discovered anomalies and deteriorating performance within the organization. It appears that at one point the respondent was put to task to give an explanation on the same which she did by a letter dated 20^th September, 2012.

2. However, that was not the end of the matter because a year later the appellant constituted a taskforce to look into the anomalies and poor performance that had persisted. Upon conclusion of its mandate the taskforce prepared a report outlining the anomalies it had unearthed and its recommendations. The report was tabled before the appellant’s Board of Directors meeting held on 17^th August, 2013. T…