Nairobi, Jan. 11 -- The Employment and Labour Relations Court has upheld the dismissal of an airport security officer for allowing a consignment of miraa bound for Dubai to pass through a passenger terminal at Jomo Kenyatta International Airport (JKIA), ruling that the breach posed a serious aviation security risk.

The court affirmed the Kenya Airports Authority's (KAA) right to enforce strict aviation security rules where safety is at stake and dismissed a claim by the officer, WNA, finding that his termination was lawful, justified and procedurally fair.

"Air travel is a security-sensitive undertaking, and there is a reason why the respondent (KAA) prohibited the conveyance of miraa as in-cabin baggage. KAA had valid and justifiable r...