The Atheists Society of Kenya President Harrison Mumia has taken to Twitter to call out the Central Bank of Kenya for sacking him.
According to his dismissal letter, CBK cited gross misconduct, disobedience, and insubordination as the reasons they were firing him.
CBK accused Mumia of breaching the institution’s statutes and guidelines to exercise political neutrality on four counts, by publishing politically provocative material on Twitter.
“It is noted that you have of late through your Twitter account @harrisonmumia posted highly provocative statements, which on the face are in violation of not only bank rules, policies and guideline, but are also against statue” read a letter showing the cause for his misconduct.
Mumia, who has worked at CBK for 11 years, has come out to claim that his suspension was malicious citing that CBK’s move showed that the organization was gagging its employee’s freedom of expression.
“The freedom of expression overrides every legislation, what you think and how you feel,” Mumia said.
He also raised concern over why the institution picked on him while other employees who were tweeting political content had not been fired.
“That is not HR practice, the move to sack me based on my personal tweets was unethical," he added.
Mumia also expressed his apprehension that his firing was possibly based on the fact that he was an atheist, thus his employee used any means to let him go.
He confirmed that he would move to court on January 25, 2019, citing his constitutional rights and wrong labour relationships, alleging that CBK fired him even after confirming he never authored the tweets.
"Why me when most of my other colleagues have been tweeting. Is it because I am an atheist, Is it religious discrimination? These are the things that the court will have to determine,” an irritated Mumia reiterated.
He will be seeking Sh35 million in damages and hopes that his move pays off. Here is a letter Mumia share on his social media.