UPDATE: COTU Secretary General Francis Atwoli and other newly elected officials remain in office after the Labour Court and the High Court in Kerugoya rejected requests to remove them. Jacob Gakeri, sitting at the Employment and Labour Relations Court, along with the High Court in Kerugoya, also refused to stop the Registrar of Trade Unions
The Chinese Embassy in Kenya has responded to public outrage following the circulation of a viral video showing a Chinese national assaulting a Kenyan worker at a private company. The footage, widely shared across social media platforms, sparked intense criticism and renewed debate on the treatment of Kenyan employees under foreign-owned enterprises. In a statement,
The Central Organization of Trade Unions (Kenya), COTU (K), has called for the immediate deportation of a Chinese national seen assaulting a Kenyan worker at TCM Mabati Factory in Eldoret. In a letter to Interior CS Kipchumba Murkomen, COTU Secretary General Francis Atwoli said the Union is deeply concerned by the prevalent cases of abuse