Nairobi, Jan. 6 -- The Employment and Labour Relations Court has upheld dismissal of a former assistant manager at Diamond Trust Bank, ruling that the lender acted lawfully in firing her for breaching banking procedures involving an unsigned and crossed cheque.

The court found that the termination of Ms RN was both procedurally and fair under the Employment Act.

She was dismissed in November 2018 after approving and releasing Sh1 million to an unverified third party acting as an agent for a bank customer.

The cheque was unsigned and crossed. The court said this exposed the bank to serious legal and regulatory risks.

"The claimant admitted that she paid out an unsigned cheque to a third party. It was a crossed cheque," the judge noted,...