358 security guards, on Friday, returned to Millimani law courts demanding a Kshs1 Billion payment from the United States Embassy in Nairobi.
The guards, who are from Kenya Kazi (KK) security company stationed at the embassy, were protesting the manner in which they were dismissed by the embassy.
Appearing at Milimani law courts, the guards, through their elected representatives Charles Waweru, Abednego Mutua and Charles Oluoch, argued that they were unlawfully dismissed.
According to a report by Citizen TV, the complainants, are demanding the payment as an overtime allowance they are owed.
A court awarded them the money in a 2013 ruling.
They explained that in 2002, they were hired by the embassy to provide security solutions both at the headquarters and the residences of American officials who were in Kenya at the time.
The guards, however, were yet to receive the payments and argued that they had been locked in disputes with the embassy over recognition of union payment of overtime and commuter allowances.
They further claimed that they were aware that the US Government had released KShs10.4 Million on January 23, 2019, which had not been disbursed to them.
The representatives told the court that the dispute had exposed US Diplomats working in Kenya to security threats since the employment termination brought about a security lapse.
KK Security is part of Canadian firm Garda World Protective Services which is considered the world’s largest privately owned security company.
