Former Head of Mission of the League of Arab States has been awarded Sh2 million as compensation for discrimination by a local bank. Justice Weldon Korir (pictured) in a landmark judgment ordered Gulf African Bank to pay Mustafa Abdulrahman Khogali Sh2 million after finding that the lender closed his bank account on the account of being a Sudanese national. The bank asserted that its explanation for closing the bank account on its letter dated July 1, 2017, was clear as it could not serve his banking needs at that time. The respondent did not attempt, and it was indeed an impossible feat, to justify why the petitioner’s nationality could be a justifiable basis for closing his bank account. The reason for the closure of the petitioner’s account is that he was a Sudanese national.

Source: Standard Digital December 29, 2020 06:00 UTC