To former diplomat Johnson Akol Omunyokol, living without a job for 17 years has been "hell", but he has soldiered on. Now though, a 'salvation' package is on the way, after the Supreme court ruled that Omunyokol was unlawfully fired in 1998.
In a 4-1 majority ruling on April 17, court awarded Omunyokol Shs 6.3bn in salary arrears and damages because of the undiplomatic manner of his sacking. And Justice Esther Kisaakye added that Omunyokol should get his job back.
On September 20, 1988, Omunyokol was recruited into the public service as a foreign service officer grade 6, before being posted to Uganda's embassy in Beijing, China on July 3, 1993.
However, in January 1997 Omunyokol was accused by the then permanent secretary ministry of foreign affairs of sexually harassing a female employee at Traders hotel in Beijing.
Nabeta also alleged that on August 8,1995, Omunyokol insulted the head of Lufthansa Airlines in China using obscene words such as "Hitler", "Nazi", "Shit" , "F*** your mother " .
Subsequently, in March 1997, Omunyokol was recalled to Uganda by the ministry of Foreign Affairs though he didn't return immediately because the ministry did not have funds to cover the cost of shipping his personal belongings. According to court records, Omunyokol remained in Beijing until October 21, 1997, when he was detained four days by the security agencies.
On October 24, 1997, he was repatriated to Uganda and immediately sent on leave. On March 4, 1998, Omunyokol was interdicted by Nabeta. Then on June 6, 1998, he was dismissed by the public service commission without following procedure as per the public service Act. Read more
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