Nairobi, March 16 -- Facebook owner Meta now claims that the High Court wrongly assumed jurisdiction over a foreign company by allowing a South African who has sued the giant firm to proceed with his case.

Meta Platforms Inc and Meta Platforms Ireland Ltd says in submissions filed in court that South African Daniel Motaung, failed to meet the legal threshold, in order for the court to exercise its powers and allow him to serve the foreign firms with the court documents.

The Employment and Labour court had in February allowed the South African to pursue the compensation case but Meta says Mr Motaung did not meet the procedural requirements so that the court might allow him to serve the foreign firms, with offices outside Kenya.

"In the ...