NgoSeptemba 2012, inkampani yeenqwelomoya yaseKenya yayalelwa ukuba iphinde ibuyisele abasebenzi abangaphezu kwama-400 ababedekiwe ngelo xesha. Izolo elo tyala belivele phambi kweNkundla yeziBheno.
INkundla yeziBheno kwisigwebo esenziwa esidlangalaleni izolo eNairobi, yawubekela bucala umyalelo owawuchaswa ngokushushu nguJaji weNkundla yezoShishino uJames Rika. I-Aviation and Allied Workers' Union yayisa i-Kenya Airways enkundleni ngelo xesha emva kokuba abasebenzi abaninzi babezamkele iipakethe zomhlala-phantsi kunye nezibonelelo ezinikelwe ukuba ziyishiye inqwelo-moya ngokuzithandela. Ijaji yaxutyushwa ngokucacileyo ngeengxabano zeemvakalelo ezibandakanya inkxaso yomanyano ukusuka kwicandelo lezopolitiko eKenya, kunye nemozulu yexesha elibi kakhulu, elingaphambi kokhetho, emva koko lixhasa umanyano. Isigwebo sakhe sijikisiwe izolo yijaji yeejaji ezintathu zeNkundla yeziBheno efumanise ukuba wenze impazamo ngokomthetho ngethuba enikezela isigwebo sakhe ngakubamangali ngelo xesha.
I-Kenya Airways ngaloo nyaka yathumela ilahleko yerekhodi, ilandelwa ngomnye unyaka wokwenza ilahleko ophele ngoMatshi ka-2014, kodwa ngenkangeleko ephucukileyo yekamva, kucingelwa ukuba ibuyele kwindawo yengeniso, incediswa ngokubeka eli tyala.
Ukongiwa kwi-overheads kunye nokukhutshwa kweenkonzo, kudityaniswe nokongiwa kwepetroli okulindelekileyo njengoko iinqanawa ezigugayo ze-B767-300ERs ngoku zithatyathelwa indawo yi-state-of-the art B787-8 Dreamliners ibonwa njengomqhubi ophambili wokuphuma kwiminyaka emibini ilahleko kwaye uqale ukubhala amanani amnyama kwakhona kumgca ongezantsi.
INTO ONOKUYITHATHA KWELI NQAKU:
- Ukongiwa kwi-overheads kunye nokukhutshwa kweenkonzo, kudityaniswe nokongiwa kwepetroli okulindelekileyo njengoko iinqanawa ezigugayo ze-B767-300ERs ngoku zithatyathelwa indawo yi-state-of-the art B787-8 Dreamliners ibonwa njengomqhubi ophambili wokuphuma kwiminyaka emibini ilahleko kwaye uqale ukubhala amanani amnyama kwakhona kumgca ongezantsi.
- His ruling was overturned yesterday by a three judge bench of the Appeals Court which found that he had erred in law when delivering his judgment in favor of the plaintiffs at the time.
- The judge was clearly swayed by emotional arguments including support for the union from a section of the political spectrum in Kenya, and in the climate of a highly-charged, pre-election period, then sided with the union.
