Super Metro Breaks Silence After Order To Fire 269 Drivers
Super Metro CEO Nelson Nduki has confirmed that the sacco will eventually rehire the 269 drivers it has been ordered to dismiss.
Speaking to the press on Tuesday, April 15, the CEO announced that the drivers would be disengaged, retested, and then rehired by the company.
Nduki has, however, stated that the removal of the drivers will have no effect on the Sacco’s operations because there are enough drivers to fill the vacancies.
“When we have 550 vehicles, it means that each vehicle is supposed to have two drivers in case one is off duty, so even disengaging these drivers will not hurt our business,” he assured.
“We are not disengaging them and expelling them from our company; we are going to disengage them if they go for a retest, and then they come back,” he said.
“Currently, what we are going to do is that we will disengage them, then we will operate with the ones we have.”
The CEO, on the other hand, has stated that the sacco will not appeal the court’s judgment, which he described as an ‘injustice’, and will instead completely comply with the directions by the end of today.
“Now that we were given three days to do this and it is something that can be done within a day, by the close of today, so by the close of today we, will have complied by what we were asked to do by the court so that by tomorrow we go back to present the compliance,” he said.
On Monday, April 14, the Transport Licensing Appeals Board (TLAB) tribunal ordered the Sacco to fire the 269 drivers before it could restart operations.
Transport Licensing Appeals Board orders Supermetro SACCO to comply with the directives including:
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—Disengaging 269 drivers
—Delivering 8 vehicles for compliance checks
—Presenting 31 vehicles for compliance inspection
—Retesting 42 drivers with overspeeding violations pic.twitter.com/q5a9SFrJH8
This occurred just hours before the sacco declared that it would cease operations for the next three days.
The panel also ordered the Sacco to bring 42 drivers with overspeeding infractions to the Likoni Driver Test Centre for retesting.
Super Metro was also required to surrender eight vehicles to the Likoni Motor Vehicle Inspection Centre for infractions involving speed limiters.
TLAB also asked the Sacco to deliver 31 vehicles with compliance inspection issues to the inspection center, where they are likely to be re-evaluated.
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The Sacco was also forced to file a compliance report with the National Transport and Safety Authority (NTSA).
Finally, the sacco must produce an attendance list for all of its drivers’ Road Safety Sensitization to the Director of Road Safety at NTSA.
The subject will be discussed on April 17 to ensure compliance and issue further instructions.
“The appellant shall forthwith cease operations pending further orders upon confirmation of compliance with the terms of the orders herein,” the statement read.
Super Metro Breaks Silence After Order To Fire 269 Drivers
