{"id":397090,"date":"2017-06-30T14:37:13","date_gmt":"2017-06-30T14:37:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ghana-mma.com\/2017\/06\/30\/airport-security-guard-fired-for-keeping-minister-waiting\/"},"modified":"2017-06-30T14:37:13","modified_gmt":"2017-06-30T14:37:13","slug":"airport-security-guard-fired-for-keeping-minister-waiting","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2017\/06\/30\/airport-security-guard-fired-for-keeping-minister-waiting\/","title":{"rendered":"Airport security guard fired for keeping minister waiting"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<div class=\"td-post-featured-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"624\" height=\"433\" class=\"entry-thumb td-modal-image\" src=\"https:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/Kenya-3.jpg.pagespeed.ce.cDjeYgtSo_.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"Airport\"\/><\/div>\n<p>A Kenyan security guard has sued her employer after she was allegedly dismissed for insisting that a government minister undergoes a security check at the country\u2019s main airport while trying to catch a domestic flight, the\u00a0Standard newspaper reports.<\/p>\n<p>Daisy Cherogony is reported to have insisted that Education Minister Fred Matiang\u2019i queue and undergo security checks like other passengers in an incident on 6 April.<\/p>\n<p>Her employer, Kenya\u2019s Airport Authority (KAA), dismissed her on 11 May on grounds of gross misconduct for mistreating and humiliating the minister.<\/p>\n<p>In her court documents filed at the Employment and Labour Relations Court, Ms Cherogony says she was accused of making a mistake that does not exist and was victimised and discriminated against by KAA, the Standard reports.<\/p>\n<p>She says that according to the airport security manual, government ministers do not qualify for any preferential treatment unless they have special passes.<\/p>\n<p>Ms Cherogony said the minister, accompanied by an airport police inspector and his security team, had tried to force their way instead of waiting in line like other passengers:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"lx-stream-post-quote lx-stream-post-quote--default\">\n<div class=\"lx-stream-post-quote__body\">\n<p><em>\u201cHe (Matiang\u2019i) did not want to follow the queue but wanted special treatment despite the fact that it was raining and people were complaining.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>She now wants the court to declare her termination unfair and to award her $23,000 (\u00a317,000) for wrongful dismissal.<\/p>\n<p>She accuses KAA of frustrating her efforts to claim her job benefits.<\/p>\n<p>The airport authority body has 15 days to respond to the suit.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a style=\"display:none\" rel=\"follow\" href=\"http:\/\/megatheme.ir\/\" title=\"\u0642\u0627\u0644\u0628 \u0648\u0631\u062f\u067e\u0631\u0633\">\u0642\u0627\u0644\u0628 \u0648\u0631\u062f\u067e\u0631\u0633<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A Kenyan security guard has sued her employer after she was allegedly dismissed for insisting that a government minister undergoes a security check at the country\u2019s main airport while trying to catch a domestic flight, the\u00a0Standard newspaper reports. Daisy Cherogony is reported to have insisted that Education Minister Fred Matiang\u2019i queue and undergo security checks [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":397091,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[17],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-397090","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-world"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Airport security guard fired for keeping minister waiting - Ghanamma.com<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2017\/06\/30\/airport-security-guard-fired-for-keeping-minister-waiting\/\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:title\" content=\"Airport security guard fired for keeping minister waiting - Ghanamma.com\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:description\" content=\"A Kenyan security guard has sued her employer after she was allegedly dismissed for insisting that a government minister undergoes a security check at the country\u2019s main airport while trying to catch a domestic flight, the\u00a0Standard newspaper reports. 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