Airport Security Officer Loses Job For Making CS Fred Matiang’i Queue

An airport security officer at Jomo Kenyatta International Airport lost her job after she made Education Cabinet Secretary Fred Matiang’i queue for a security check.

Daisy Cherogony, the now fired security persoel, was accused of mistreating and humiliating Dr. Matiang’i by insisting he should queue with other passengers on April 6. The CS was flying to Kisumu.

Ms. Cherogony was suspended and later fired from her post as a security supervisor. She is now suing the Kenya Airports Authority (KAA).

In documents filed in the Employment and Labour Relations Court in Nyeri County, Cherogony said she was accused of making a mistake that does not exist. She also added that she was victimized and discriminated against by KAA.

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She maintains that she did not violate any of the authority’s regulations and procedures and as such, her dismissal was unlawful. She wants the court to reinstate her while awarding her Sh2.4 million for wrongful dismissal.

Cherogony complained that the CS was accompanied by an airport police inspector and his security team who caused a commotion and tried to force their way through security.

She further says in her suit that she tried to calm the Education CS down before he informed Transport Cabinet Secretary James Macharia about his trip.

“He [Matiang’i] did not want to follow the queue but wanted special treatment despite the fact that it was raining and people were complaining,” she said.

As a result, she said, she could not allow the CS into the airport before he was cleared at the screening checkpoint.

Cherogony argued that according to the airport security manual, Cabinet secretaries did not qualify for any preferential treatment unless they had special passes which they did not have.

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The security supervisor was suspended two days later and ordered to appear before a disciplinary committee.

The airport security officer was accused of mistreating and humiliating the CS and on May 11, she was dismissed on grounds of gross misconduct.

KAA has 15 days to respond to the suit.