A civil society organisation (CSO)wants the High Court to compel
Kenya Airways to suspend its flights to the remaining two Ebola-stricken
countries. The Consumer Federation of Kenya (COFEK) in its case filed under a
certificate of urgency yesterday accused the national carrier of putting its
commercial interest first before public health safety by not suspending its
flight to Nigeria and Ghana. Before High Court judge, Weldon Korir, COFEK’s
lawyer Henry Kurauka, according to Kenyan Online, said both the government and
the carrier have not put adequate measures in place to put the highly
infectious disease away from the country. The respondents contends that the
respondents have failed, neglected or refused to act appropriately thus putting
the lives of many Kenyans and consumers at risk, Kurauka told the court. The
court heard that the consumer group had written to the KQ Managing Director,
Titus Naikuni, notifying him to take action in accordance with the findings by
the World Health Organisation (WHO) but he had not communicated back to them.
In the case where cabinet Ministers for Health, Transport and Interior
Coordination, James Macharia, Michael Kamau and Joseph Ole Lenku are
respondents, COFEK said they had failed to perform their legal mandate and thus
should be compelled to halt the flights. There is extreme anxiety about
possibility of Ebola virus spread. The disease has no cure, he said.
Thisday Newspaper
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