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Sacked engineers threaten KQ with court action

Kenya Airways engineers singing in unity on November 30, 2017 after they were dismissed from work. They were at Seasons Hotel, Nyayo Estate. PHOTO | Kanyiri Wahito | NMG

By  MUGAMBI MUTEGI

About 161 technical workers fired by Kenya Airways #ticker:KQ as punishment for going on strike to demand higher salaries have now threatened to go to court.

The employees, who rank between technical assistants and senior engineers, were on Wednesday issued with termination letters after they staged a lengthy sit-in at KQ’s hangar at the Jomo Kenyatta International Airport (JKIA).

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