Also known as: Judge Justice Ocharo Kebira · Mr Kebira
Justice presiding over Employment and Labour Relations Court cases in Mombasa involving labour disputes and union matters.
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… The 64 employees who are non-unionsable said that KPA failed to address salary disparities between them and the unionisable employees of the defunct KFS whose salaries were increased by 20 per cent during their absorption into the KPA employment structure.Justice Ocharo Kebira sa …
Court declines to award 64 KPA employees 20pc pay hikeThe Employment and Labour Relations Court in Nairobi has issued a conservatory order temporarily stopping the Nairobi County government from recruiting casual and locum personnel into a newly established County Casual and Locum Pool, following an application by the Kenya Medical Practitioners, Pharmacists and Dentists Union (KMPDU) and Kingori Nderitu.
18 hours ago · Citizen Digital →
The Employment and Labour Relations Court in Nairobi has issued a conservatory order temporarily stopping the Nairobi County government from recruiting casual and locum personnel into a newly established County Casual and Locum Pool, following an application by the Kenya Medical Practitioners, Pharmacists and Dentists Union (KMPDU) and Kingori Nderitu.
18 hours ago · Citizen Digital →
Abubakar Mohamed Abdillahi has been elected general secretary of the Dock Workers Union, defeating rival Salim Kumaka with 1042 votes to 581 across 13 polling stations. Gideon Matiku was elected deputy general secretary and Gunda Kaneo national chairman in the union elections.
15 August 2026 · The Standard →
Justice Ocharo Kebira has rejected acting general secretary Sulman Owour's petition to stop the Dock Workers Union elections, allowing union polls scheduled for August 13 to proceed. Owour had challenged the elections board as having four members instead of nine, but the court found his application failed to meet the threshold for injunctive relief.
23 July 2026 · The Standard →
The interim office bearers of the Dock Workers Union, led by acting general secretary Sulman Owour, lost a court challenge to oppose the union elections board, which they claimed was improperly constituted with only four members instead of nine. Justice Ocharo Kebira dismissed their petition and upheld a June 17 order requiring union elections within 60 days.
21 July 2026 · The Standard →
Thousands of Mombasa port workers are preparing for Dock Workers Union elections scheduled for August 13, with acting general secretary Sulman Owour, former assistant general secretary Abubakar Abdillahi, and KPA operations officer Salim Kumaka competing for positions. An Employment and Labour Relations Court judge nullified the previous April 4 election and ordered fresh polls.
18 July 2026 · The Standard →
The Dock Workers Union's 2024/2027 Collective Bargaining Agreement with Kenya Ports Authority was registered with the Employment and Labour Relations Court in July after SRC approval. The agreement sets specific salary figures across grades, with the lowest-paid docker in KPA 10 earning Sh53,715 and includes increased transport allowances across all grades.
10 July 2026 · The Standard →
Justice Ocharo Kebira in Mombasa rejected Thomas Oyugi's application to withdraw a petition challenging the employment of the Teachers Service Commission Chief Executive Officer, terming it forum shopping and an abuse of court process. The judge noted the petition was in its final stages awaiting judgment and that Oyugi's cited personal circumstances were irrelevant at that stage.
6 July 2026 · The Standard →
Kenya's Employment and Labour Relations Court nullified the Dockworkers' Union elections held on April 4, calling them a sham, and ordered fresh polls to be held on August 13. The new elections come amid divisions among the 6000 members between camps supporting former general secretary Simon Sang and acting secretary Sulman Otieno Owour.
3 July 2026 · The Standard →
A court has thrown out a suit filed by Zeinab Abdullahi, an assistant chief in Garissa who was dismissed in February 2024 after Kenya National Examination Council found she had not sat for the 2009 KCSE examinations required for her role. Abdullahi had challenged her dismissal as procedurally unfair, claiming she was not given a disciplinary hearing or the right to be heard, but the court rejected her case.
3 June 2026 · The Standard →
A Mombasa court has upheld a decision to award Pride Inn Hotel's Senior Chef Nickson Mangwenje compensation of eight months' salary, one month's salary in lieu of notice, and public holiday dues after he was summarily dismissed in September 2020 for serving a meal without a Kitchen Ticket Order. Justice Kebira found the dismissal procedurally unfair.
20 May 2026 · The Standard →
The Employment Court in Mombasa has rejected a bid by 64 non-unionisable employees of Kenya Ports Authority who transitioned from Kenya Ferry Services to receive a 20 per cent salary increment. Justice Ocharo Kebira ruled that the salary increase was subject to Salary and Remunerations Commission approval and that differences in pay between unionisable and non-unionisable employees do not constitute unlawful discrimination.
12 May 2026 · The Standard →