NAIROBI, Kenya
An employee of Kenya Airways, Kenya’s national airline was
apparently sacked for wearing an Arsenal FC (football club) tee shirt to a
Kenya Airways sponsored event at the
Masai Mara.
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| replica of a career threatening shirt |
Eyewitnesses say a Mr. Bosire, (former) corporate communications
manager at the airline was assaulted by the Managing Director who shouted
something at him before first pulling off his blazer then making away with the
jinxed tee at a two in the morning after party before being fired the following
morning and handed his shirt by HR, in a nice way.
Reliable sources believe the MD, Mr. Titus Naikuni was drunk.
Meanwhile, Arsenal FC (fan club) Kenya chapter released an
official statement on their face book page condemning the act as yet another
attempt to silence them while trampling their God given right to freedom of worship and expression.
So far, no official statement from Kenya Airways or Naikuni has
been made but sources close to both sides dispute “Arsenal” had anything to do
with it.
“This is another classic reason why we lobbied hard for the Media
Bill as a Corporate” said Klein (not his real name), some damage control guy, explaining
their support of a recently passed media gagging bill.
“How do you wear our bitter rivals, “Fly Emirates” tee shirt to a
Kenya Airways sponsored event? The key word here is sponsored. It seems Mr.
Bosire here forgot who butters his bread and for a corporate communications
manager he should have known better. Manchester United, Pepsi, CocaCola,
Sydney--ring a bell? Oh! My bad, I forgot. He’s an Arsenal fan” added Klein (not
his real name).
Lawyers representing Mr. Bosire have already pressed charges
including but not limited to sexual assault leading to public humiliation and
sources close to Mr. Naikuni’s counsel have put up a strong defense to prove the KQ
MD is a gentle person who wouldn’t hurt a fly.
Following these unfolding events, the Kenya National Association
of Professional Counsellors and KEPSA(Kenya Private Sector Alliance) have
jointly warned the public against blind following of EPL teams which are deemed
a threat to career development, cause grievous bodily harm or even
death by hanging or falling from a storey building.
No names were given for
legal reasons but Blackburn Rovers topped the list of much safer even therapeutic
bet because of their blue and white
split jersey which experts said was sort of yin-yang-ish. Aston Villa came
second because it sounds like a Hacienda or Manor, a major catalyst for
positive thoughts.
As both parties prepared for their day in court, they jointly
applied for a trial Judge who doesn’t
watch football.
Eneza
