A number of properties belonging to Keroche Breweries are set for auction to recover Sh45 million awarded to former manager Sam Shollei for unfair dismissal from work.
The auction, which will be carried out by Okuku Agencies auctioneer on October 31, targets the firm’s Chairs, Desks, Drawers, Computers, Printers, Cabinets, Plant machinery & accessories, motor vehicles, and trucks.
“Under instructions received from the Employment & Labour Relations court at Nakuru, we shall sell the under-mentioned goods, vehicles, plant, machinery and accessories by public auction on Tuesday, October 31, 2023, at 11.00 a.m. at our Head Office”, Okuku auctioneers agencies stated.
The conditions of the sale are Cash/Bankers Cheque and Electronic Funds Transfer at the fall of the hammer. Bidders are required to make a refundable deposit of Sh1 million.
“Highest Bidder shall be declared the purchaser subject to compliance with the conditions of sale,” the auctioneers added.
Viewing is allowed during normal working hours upon prior arrangement with the auctioneers, and the Sale is subject to a reserve price.
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Shollei won the case against the Naivasha-based brewer for unfair dismissal in 2022, where Keroche Breweries was ordered to pay him Sh45.5 million.
Employment and Labour Relations Court judge Hellen Wasilwa, in September 2022, ruled that Keroche did not inform Shollei of the reason for the dismissal nor subject him to any disciplinary process when it fired him in 2018.
“As provided under Section 45(2) of the Employment Act 2007, the termination of the contract was unfair and unjustified,” the judge said.
Sholei, who was earning a gross monthly salary of Sh2.5, revealed he was fired on November 12, 2018, after returning from his leave and was not given the reason for the dismissal, terming the act as “ unlawful in the eyes of the law.”
On its part, Keroche said it terminated Shollei’s s contract procedurally due to poor performance. The court, however, dismissed the claims on the grounds that there was no evidence that Shollei’s poor performance was proven based on set targets or deliberations.
