A Ugandan court told the civil aviation authority to cough up twenty-six million shillings after they fired a security guy who busted someone smuggling rhino horns through the airport. Arnold Olweny spotted a sketchy bag back in 2017, called wildlife officials, and helped them catch a passenger hauling twelve rhino horns. Instead of getting praised, UCAA suspended him on half pay and accused him of helping the smugglers, even though prosecutors later cleared him after checking security footage.
The court said UCAA wrongfully terminated Olweny without giving him a proper hearing and awarded him damages equal to one year's salary. He wanted three hundred million shillings, but judges shut that down as excessive since it would have been way more than what he earned during his entire seven-year stint at the authority. The ruling knocked down his other claims for lack of evidence.
The court said UCAA wrongfully terminated Olweny without giving him a proper hearing and awarded him damages equal to one year's salary. He wanted three hundred million shillings, but judges shut that down as excessive since it would have been way more than what he earned during his entire seven-year stint at the authority. The ruling knocked down his other claims for lack of evidence.
