Kenyan Tech Engineer, Zak Muriuki, Died in Ethiopian Jail

Hi Grace,

Quite an unfortunate incident, it is great that they were released.

Regards

On Tue, 19 Jun 2018 05:39 Grace Bomu via kictanet, <
[email protected]> wrote:

> Many moons later, Zack Muriuki’s colleagues have been released.
>
> Three Kenyans who had been jailed in Ethiopia for alleged
> telecommunication fraud were finally released and handed over to the Kenyan
> authorities after spending three years in Kalit Maximum Prison.
>
>
> citizentv.co.ke/news/three-kenyans-jailed-in-ethiopia-finally-released-204263/
>
> Il lunedì 19 dicembre 2016, Athar Ahmad Bhatti via kictanet <
> [email protected]> ha scritto:
>
>> Apologies for the blank post.
>>
>> Having worked in neighboring countries on assignment i find it is never
>> easy working out of the country. In most local companies rules are thrown
>> out of the window in favor of higher profits. Some of them even eat into
>> per diems of staff members and house them in a he cheapest accommodations
>> possible.
>>
>> Zak was just trying to make an honest living. It is the duty of the
>> senior manager and board of the company that sent him to Ethiopia without
>> appropriate permission and legal representation to be accountable. Now that
>> Zak is gone the company needs to be sued under humanitarian grounds to
>> generously compensate the family of Zack.
>>
>> The company should also be forced to lodge a case with the Ethiopian
>> Government to pay any liable penalties through violation of laws of the
>> country and release the workers still in jail. They must send lawyers
>> immediately and be named and shamed if not.
>>
>> What are the so called humanitarian NGOs doing? They should put pressure
>> on this draconian company and ensure they act for this is unacceptable.
>>
>> Ready to sign any petitions necessary for this is unacceptable.
>>
>> Thank you,
>>
>> Best regards,
>>
>> Athar Ahmad Bhatti
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> On Mon, Dec 19, 2016 at 11:26 PM +0300, “Athar Ahmad Bhatti” <
>> [email protected]> wrote:
>>
>>
>>>
>
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