ROYAL MEDIA SERVICES LIMITED V. VERONICA CHEPKEMOI

RULING OF THE COURT

Royal Media Services Limited, the applicant herein, had employed the respondent, Veronica Chepkemoi, as a radio presenter to work at Radio Citizen , one of the radio stations that it runs. The respondent worked as a presenter of a daily show called Citizen Express, until the 7^th September 2012, when her services were terminated. Aggrieved by the termination, the respondent filed suit in the Employment and Labour Relations Court alleging that the termination was unlawful and malicious. She sought, inter alia, an order of reinstatement into the service of the applicant. The respondent opposed the suit and partly denied that the termination was malicious. It stated that the applicant’s employment was terminated on account of her poor work performance, which she failed to remedy even after being asked to, and thus asked the Employment and Labour Relations Court to dismiss her claim.

After a full hearing, Marete, J. found the termination of the respondent’s employment unf…