Nairobi, Feb. 3 -- A former Kenya Revenue Authority (KRA) officer was unfairly dismissed after being set up as the "fall person" in a sugar smuggling racket at the Busia border, the Employment and Labour Relations Court has ruled.

The court found no valid reason for KRA to dismiss Beverly Lebene, a border control officer with 14 years of service, over alleged negligence, stating that the smuggling was facilitated by other officers, one being a staff member whose sexual advances she had rejected.

She was terminated in 2021 after KRA accused her of allowing two sugar-laden trucks to exit the Busia One Stop Border Post without proper customs processing or gate register documentation.

At the time of the incident, however, Ms Lebene was exp...