La Palanka African Restaurant Frustrated staff members at the Le Palanka African Restaurant along 909 James Gichuru Road, Nairobi, are up in arms against the establishment’s management for withholding their dues.
Writing to this blog on Friday, December 9, 2022, one employee disclosed that they have gone over three months without payment.
Anyone that dares to stand up and speak out against this grave injustice is quickly demonized and issued termination letters.
As if that is not rude enough, the managers call the cops on any complainants that return to rightfully ask for salary arrears upon facing the sack.
They are wheeled away and thrown into the cells on trumped-up charges of “causing a disturbance”.
The source also revealed that its directors, who act as the middlemen, have been stealing from the Senegalese owner Mamadou Kolade and pocketing funds meant for sorting out wages.
One culprit recently set up his own entertainment joint in Karen using the looted proceeds. “Good afternoon Nyakundi, please hide my identity. I've been working in 909 Le palanka restaurant since its resumption in June, but what I can say is the staff don't get paid. When one of the staff tries to stand out to ask for the salary, that's termed incitement, and you get immediate termination na hivo tu mshahara yako inakunywa maji. When you come back to ask for your salary unaitiwa maaskari that you causing disturbance. Several have been arrested to a point of being falsely accused. The so called directors kazi yao ni kusign tu bills after which they pocket the cash, wananyang'anya waiters any cash wako nayo halafu wanaenda kupiga sherehe kwingine. One of them has even made sure that the restaurant has gone bankrupt na akaenda kufungua ingine Karen. It's been three months now without pay and they seem not to care. Mark you the owner is Senegalese and whenever the guy sends money for the staff to be paid, hiyo pesa inakanyagiwa. John Bett, Catherine and Oscar Binyenya are the man's middlemen. I would really appreciate it if they are mentioned by their names,” the source says.