Blogger Robert Alai has criticized harshly the the senior staff at Jomo Kenyatta airport for mistreating the employees at the airport. this comes after pictures were leaked online showing the employees sleeping on the floor covering themselves in polythene bags.
As things turns out, the airport management has subjected some of it’s workers to unhygienic working conditions, low pay and overworking them.
Exposing this harsh reality, the Alai took to his Facebook wall in a harsh tone, this is what he posted
"This includes Ksh 10,000 basic pay, Ksh 2,700 overtime allowance and Ksh 1,690 as house allowance. Where do you get a house which is rented at Ksh 1,690 in Nairobi? A shack in the slums? The employees are also charged Ksh 575 for every day they don’t come to work whether with a genuine reason or not. Mr Anamanda and Mr Lasoi deals with the personnel issue at the company. They are accused of mistreating the workers and abusing their rights as well as practising nepotism and tribalism in the allocation of duties. The two recently introduced a Ksh 12,000 “cautionery fee” which all employees must pay.
It is not clear what the fee is meant to cater for. When an employee is so tired and wants to leave for Dubai or Qatar, Tradewinds calls potential employers and sabotage such movements as well as refusing to write recommendation letters for the departing employees. Photos of Tradewinds Employees Relaxing While on Long Night Shifts While their contracts indicate that they are suppose to work for a maximum of 8 hours, the employees work for 14-17 hours in a day without much breaks. They are neither provided with food nor restrooms to relax in shifts.
They sleep like dogs.They scavenge for food in rubbish bins around the airport as their bosses never allow them to go outside to go buy food while employed. When their shifts are over, some guy called Alex never send buses in time to ferry them home. They sometimes have to wait even for 2 hours for buses to come. While handling risky aircrafts like those from far distant places or the Ebola hit West Africa, the Tradewinds employees are not provided with gloves or boots to handle such work.
On 7th November, these employees found blood in some baggage which was being loaded into an aircraft headed for New Delhi. The complaints forced KQ to change the aircraft but they were never provided with gloves to handle the baggage. These Punda ya Kawaida are not medically covered but they are exposed to all health conditions. It is the season of rain but these donkeys are not provided with any rain coats. It is so sad these people really suffer."
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