A lawyer has sued Kenya Airways after he was allegedly thrown out of a Nairobi-bound flight.
In a case filed at the Milimani Law Courts, Peter Kiprotich Bore claims that he was mistreated and detained at Kilimanjaro International Airport in Tanzania over KQ’s negligence.
The advocate is seeking compensation for damages caused after his return flight was aborted.
In court documents, Kiprotich says he booked a roundtrip ticket between Kilimanjaro and the Jomo Kenyatta International Airport (JKIA) on April 15th through Kiwi.com, an online travel agent.
He says Kenya Airways cleared him to travel through a Precision Air flight that was scheduled to fly from Nairobi to Arusha on April 16th.
Kiprotich, however, says the same airline disowned his return ticket and was kicked out of the plane over claims that his name was not on the flight manifest.
“Within no time, I was unceremoniously and acrimoniously bundled out of Precision Air Flight No. PW725 by the airport staff and security officers who claimed my ticket was not valid,” claims Kiprotich.
He says he was detained at the Arusha airport for nearly two hours as Precision Air officials contacted KQ to resolve the matter.
The matter was cleared but the lawyer says he was forced to spend the night at a hotel in Arusha awaiting the next flight that was scheduled to depart at 5:30 am the next day.
He accuses KQ of negligence over its failure to make proper communication with Precision Air regarding his travel arrangements.
Kiprotich seeks general damages for breach of contract, mental anguish and trauma he suffered during the incident.
“The flight company’s actions amount to gross negligence and I urge the court grants my prayers on compensation following the grave embarrassment, humiliation, mental anguish and the serious inconveniences that I was caused after I was unlawfully detained in Kilimanjaro and Arusha,” he notes.
Given the level of…
Given the level of corruption in Kenya especially with lawyers like yourself, the airline was justified in throwing your ass out of the plane if your name was not on the flight manifest of the booked travellers. You were not illegally detained in Kilimanjaro and Arusha if you were not among the travellers of the flight in question. Also, given the aspect of terrorism that constantly bothers Kenya, airlines have a duty to be vigilant not to allow on board people not scheduled for travel like yourself. However, you may have a claim with Kiwi.comc,the booking agent not the KQ, if in fact you were supposed to be on the list of Nairobi bound travellers on the flight in question. But even then, your claim should be limited to actual damages accrued to you and not the get-me- rich quickly frivolous suit that you’re orchestrating. You should be happy that the flight got you safely back home.