The High Court in Kiambu has ordered supermarket chain Cleanshelf to pay a shopper Sh500,000 for violating her fundamental rights by publicly searching her on suspicion of shoplifting at one of its stores.
The petitioner, Evelyn Kagwiria Anampiu, sued the retailer in 2023, seeking Sh4 million in damages due to the public humiliation suffered at Cleanshelf in Ruaka, which, she claims, damaged her reputation in the community and traumatised her.
