2NK Driver Fired For Taking Rowdy Students To Police Ordered To Pay SACCO KSh 233k

• The Nyeri Magistrates Court has ordered a former driver of the 2NK Shuttle Sacco to compensate his former employer and another party after his lawsuit was discarded
• John Muthoni had sued the PSV Sacco apparently seeking compensation after a supposed unfair dismissal
• The court seemingly dismissed the case with costs, asking Muthoni to settle the two defendants KSh 233,000

A former driver at 2NK Shuttle Sacco is risking a jail term.

Why ex-2NK Sacco employee was ordered to pay Ksh 233k

John Muthoni was directed to pay the Sacco KSh 233,000 after his lawsuit against it was apparently dismissed with costs.

He is believed to have sued his former employer supposedly to seek compensation for unfair dismissal.

A show-cause notice from the court seen by TUKO.co.ke indicates that Muthoni, whose arrest had been suggested, was ordered to appear before the magistrate on August 21 or alternatively deposit the foregoing monies after his legal suit was dismissed.

The court gave him until October 23, 2024, to settle the defendants or be jailed on default.

He called on Kenyans of goodwill to help raise the amount for him to evade the imminent imprisonment, a reality he said would affect his young family, which entirely depends on him.

"I would like to ask Kenyans to help raise the money to escape jail. If I pay the amount, I will be able to seek proper employment without disturbance. I just want to get out of their radar. My number is 0703138291," said Muthoni.

How John Muthoni got into trouble with 2NK

As earlier hinted, the 34-year-old's woes began in November 2021 when he drove a group of rowdy students to a police station.

He was ferrying students from Karatina, Nyeri county, to Nairobi after the schools closed.

Midjourney, the students began abusing illegal substances, prompting the intervention of the driver.

After failing to contain them, Muthoni drove to the nearby Sagana Police Station.

Some of the students jumped from the vehicle while in motion after learning it was headed to the station.

But the sacco took offence, saying one of its vehicles had been drawn at the centre of a nasty saga.

The driver was summoned by his bosses, who seized his badge and fired him on the spot.

Muthoni strived to argue his case, but his pleas fell on deaf ears.

The bosses called him out for putting the sacco's name to disrepute.

Proofreading by Mercy Nyambura Guthua, journalist and copy editor at TUKO.co.ke