Kericho Deputy Governor Susan Kikwai is expected to testify in a case in which former employees of a parastatal are seeking Sh200 million compensation.
Kikwai, a former managing director of Kenya Investment Authority, is expected in court on January 29. Some 14 former senior employees sued KIA for alleged unlawful termination.
They are seeking reinstatement to their former positions. Industrial court principal judge Mathews Nduma issued summons for Kikwai to appear in court during the next hearing of the case.
Also summoned is former board director Green Josiah. The two are expected to identify minutes written during their terms at the state parastatal in regard of the former employees.
The 14 claimants are seeking to be reinstated or any get other horizontal positions within the republic. The state corporation was until September 2005 operating as an Investment Promotion Centre before it changed to KIA.
The 14 plaintiffs led by Joseph Ng'eno said their former employer acted contrary to the law when they were sacked.
They said their employment was guided by contracts that barred their employer from sacking them without consultation and payment of full salaries.
They said that via letters addressed to each individual, all of which were dated September 8,2008, the respondents purported to terminate their employment services citing a restructuring exercise that was allegedly being conducted within itself.
The claimants, however, assert that the claims' by the respondent about restructuring were clearly a misrepresentation of the provisions of the Investment Promotion Act and further the claims did not match the actual goings as none of the claims, functions and duties were abolished.
They said the respondent failed to provide them with detailed minutes on the resolution by the board of directors on their employment. Also respondent failed to solicit the claimants' views on the proposed action on their employment.