[kictanet] Kenyan Tech Engineer, Zak Muriuki, Died in Ethiopian Jail

[Mark Mwangi]

What did they actually do though?

On Tue, Jun 19, 2018 at 8:38 AM, Barrack Otieno via kictanet <
kictanet at lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote:

> 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, <
> kictanet at lists.kictanet.or.ke> 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.
>>
>> https://citizentv.co.ke/news/three-kenyans-jailed-in-
>> ethiopia-finally-released-204263/
>>
>> Il lunedì 19 dicembre 2016, Athar Ahmad Bhatti via kictanet <
>> kictanet at lists.kictanet.or.ke> 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" <
>>> atharab at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>>>
>>
>> --
>> Grace Mutung'u
>> Skype: gracebomu
>> @Bomu
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Mark Mwangi
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