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Court rules Meta can be sued in Kenya over alleged unlawful redundancies

Court rules Meta can be sued in Kenya over alleged unlawful redundancies

A Kenyan judge ruled that Facebook's parent company Meta could be sued in Kenya after 43 moderators at its Nairobi hub last month filed a lawsuit against the group and its local partner Sama for unfair termination. In response, Judge Matthews Nduma issued an interim injunction against Meta and Sama preventing them from terminating the moderators' contracts, pending a judgment on the legality of their redundancy. "The court finds that this court has jurisdiction to determine the matter of alleged unlawful and unfair termination of employment on grounds of redundancy," Nduma said on Thursday. The moderators in the petition - who are…
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