PHOTO CAPTION: Bedi Investments Limited owner Jaswinder Singh Bedi. The CEO is also the Chairperson of the Kenya Export Promotion and Branding Agency There seems to be no end in sight to the toxic working environment at Indian-Owned Bedi Investments Limited. Seven (7) months after we first received a complaint against the Nakuru-based business enterprise, oppressed laborers are still crying out against the pinching problem of delayed dues.
They have refused to settle salaries for over six (6) months, even as the firm's CEO, Asian tycoon Jaswinder Singh Bedi, continues to enjoy the proceeds of huge government tenders which he bagged under Uhuru Kenyatta's disastrous tenure.
Those who dare to speak out against the gross injustices are immediately reprimanded by facing the sack.
It has become a regular habit for the management to call in law enforcement officers who harass the workers into silence.
They mostly target female employees, who are most vulnerable to constant threats and intimidations.
Bedi Investments Group is involved in the manufacturing of a variety of textile intermediary and finished products; from fiber to fashion, in both synthetics and cotton. "Mkuu, please hide my identity. Kuna hii company iko Nakuru, hailipi watu na ni company inashona mpaka tender za serikari. Tangu mwezi wa sita casual worker hawajawahi lipwa. Ukiulizia about payment unafukuzwa kazi na unanyamganywa punching number, Human resource manager anaitwa Peris Mbuthia, alafu kuna Bandara na Rao. Na watu wakijaribu kustrike police wanaitwa so na unajua imebeba most ni females so they take advantage of them" the source wrote to this blog.
Last year, a group of vocal workers took the bold decision and stood up to demand an explanation for the mistreatment.
The administration at Bedi Investments Ltd called for their arrest by corrupt police officers from a nearby station.
The CEO Jaswinder Bedi is said to have personally ordered the men in blue to unleash terror to be unleashed on the complainants.
In case you missed out on that piece, you can check it out through the link below. Mistreatment Of Workers At Asian Owned Bedi Investments Ltd