This archive report was first published on 28 September 2019.
Victoria Commercial Bank Denies Discriminative Employment Claims ¶
Published on September 28, 2019, Victoria Commercial Bank has disclaimed allegations it is Indian-owned, contrary to malicious publicity on social media.
Despite claims of discriminative employment practices and staff harassment, a fact-finding mission at the bank revealed that the majority of employees are Kenyans of African origin.
Branch Managers, Human Resource, Audit, Finance, Trade, Environment & Social, Legal and Compliance departments are all headed by Kenyans of African Origin.
Only the Treasury, Risk and Credit departments are headed by Kenyans of Indian race, according to a senior executive.
"We have nine departments and you are at liberty to explore at your desired time who is in charge," said the Senior Executive.
A spot check at the Westlands branch confirmed that about two-thirds of employees were Kenyans of African race, including the manager.
Several members of staff randomly interviewed disclaimed allegations employees were leaving the bank shortly after being employed, with a manager putting staff retention at averagely 15 years.
Administrators who sought anonymity confirmed that CEO Yogesh Pattni is born in Kenya and holds a Kenyan passport, and has never held an Indian passport or citizenship.
"None of the directors hold Indian passports as claimed. The fact that some of the directors are of Asian race does not justify the false accusation. We are Kenyans by birth and never held Indian passports below," he said.
