Nairobi, April 27 -- The Employment and Labour Relations Court has upheld NCBA Bank's decision to dismiss an assistant operations officer linked to suspicious transactions, including unauthorised access to customer accounts, interaction with suspected fraudsters, and receipt of improper benefits.

The court said the banking sector demands strict integrity standards, adding that lenders can rely on digital audit trails such as account access histories, transaction records and CCTV-linked timelines to discipline staff implicated in fraud.

The court found that Simon Kamande's sacking in 2017 was valid and followed a fair disciplinary process, bringing to a close a dispute that arose after the bank flagged irregular account activity tied to ...