Saudi ambassador to Kenya narrowly avoids jail

The dispute dates back to 2014, when a Mr Abdullahi said the embassy unfairly terminated his...
The Employment and Labour Relations Court has rejected an application seeking to have Saudi Arabia’s ambassador to Kenya jailed over an unpaid compensation award to a former embassy employee, ruling that diplomatic immunity bars the ambassador’s personal detention.
Justice Hellen Wasilwa, sitting in Nairobi, said the ambassador, Khalid bin Abdullah Al-Salman, could not be summoned for the purpose of being committed to civil jail over the decree issued against the Royal Saudi Arabia Embassy.
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