Acharya Travel Agencies Limited - Moi Avenue, Nairobi 'For Kenyans, working with Indians is like 1619 everyday" Acharya Travel Agencies located along Nairobi's Moi Avenue is at the centre of the storm.
Gladys Muthoni, a former staffer accused the travel firm of non-payment of dues.
Ms Muthoni had worked at Acharya for 20 years between 1980 - 2001, when she was unfairly dismissed. The same Indian - Mr. Acharya is also a trustee of Shree Cutchi Gujarati Hindu Union. This institute has also been named in several scandals. Ms Muthoni Vs Acharya Gladys Muthonl said she worked for Archarya Travel Agencles from 1980 to 2001.
She was, however, forced to retire in March 2001, in what she says was unfair dismissal.
According to Muthoni, the boss told her not to report to work the following day as her position had been taken over by her son. “I did not go back to work but recently. I went to ask for payment because I was fired without notice of three months and a month's leave. My former boss said he would not pay me", She wrote to a local newspaper seeking publicity and justice.
Acharya Travel Agencies never responded to the complaints forwarded to them.
Case file remains open. "Mr. Acharya is very heartless and how does his conscience allow him to dump some worker who has worked for so long. In the Indian community, he shows that he is a trustee. It's high time such employers should be brought to book and banned from holding any positions in the community like a trustee, chairman etc or even managing committee member", an anonymous source wrote.