By Chisomo Phiri
Salima Sugar Company has secured a court injunction temporarily blocking the reinstatement of its former Chief Security Officer Osman Kapida.
Kapida, dismissed last year on allegations of negligence, incompetence, and serious misconduct, had successfully argued in court that his termination was invalid due to the company’s lack of a properly constituted board.
The court ruled in his favor, ordering his return to work.
However, the company has now appealed this decision, securing a temporary injunction that prevents Kapida from resuming his duties and limits his public comments on the matter.
The current legal action follows Kapida’s unsuccessful attempt to return to work after the initial court ruling.
Salima Sugar Company is a company which has its main business of producing and selling sugar in the country.
The company grows its own sugarcane as well as procures cane from small-scale sugar growers and uses it for producing sugar.
It is registered under Companies Act, Malawi.
60% of its shares are held by the promoters (Aum Sugar Co. Ltd.) and 40% of its shares are held by Government of Malawi.
