Local media station Mt Kenya TV employees are going through tough economic times as they haven’t received their salaries for four months now. Considering that the station was launched just 8 months ago, it means that the employees have only been paid 4 months of their time there. To make matters worse, many of the top anchors were poached from other leading media houses.
They decided to down their tools about a week ago but were instead met with intimidation, harassment and some even got fired from the stunt.
The employees raised national awareness on their plight and netizens have called out the owners of the station demanding for justice to be served! Here are the reactions currently trending on Twitter.
Few weeks ago employees @mtkenyatv initiated a go-slow to protest for not being paid for 4 months. The management immediately called what was supposed to be a crisis management meeting but which turned out to be a tongue lashing and threats session.#HarassmentAtMtKenyaTV pic.twitter.com/oQCIvc1puD
— NaiBlogger™ (@naiblogger) August 26, 2019
Intimidation and harassment of employees is a vice the modern-day workplace is struggling to eliminate. Sadly, this is not the case when it comes to Slopes Media Limited which owns embattled @mtkenyatv and Iganjo FM stations.#HarassmentAtMtKenyaTV pic.twitter.com/CLTETKINHK
— NaiBlogger™ (@naiblogger) August 26, 2019
https://twitter.com/ItsBravin/status/1165839349981822976?s=20
https://twitter.com/ItsBravin/status/1165840841258217472?s=20
It's surprising to see the kind of treatment employees are currently receiving considering how the station promised the poached top media personalities a good life there. #HarassmentAtMtKenyaTV pic.twitter.com/MFIMlFsb8T
— THE MACHINE (@ItsClichy) August 26, 2019
#HarassmentAtMtKenyaTV What i know All that @WanguiNgirici is thinking of is how to become the next Kirinyaga Governor yet her employees are subjected to harshly environment in the workplace. @Nyasirwa @Asamoh_ @Disembe @leemakwiny pic.twitter.com/kMuk9YUJUv
— THOMAS (@MiregwaThomas) August 26, 2019
I always thought that the only rogue employers we had in Kenya were Indians, now Kenyan employers seem to have mastered the art of insulting and harassing employees. #HarassmentAtMtKenyaTV pic.twitter.com/Y1oMqiuuTF
— Victor Mochere (@VictorMochere) August 26, 2019
https://twitter.com/ItsBravin/status/1165836826772463618?s=20
@mtkenyatv is a scam. Pay your employees and shut down! There is no way you can let someone keep working for over 4 months without pay. #HarassmentAtMtKenyaTV pic.twitter.com/Shr8EyYiTd
— KOT 🇰🇪 (@KOT_Loyals) August 26, 2019
It's hurting to hear some fools are degrading those who make them rich. Karl Marx says the ruling class makes wealth at the expense of the working class. It's irony to hear that the very media that's expected to defend the voiceless,abuses its employees#HarassmentAtMtKenyaTV pic.twitter.com/tlCEjxcfQv
— Zainab (@KarlMarxTheory) August 26, 2019
A full description of @mtkenyatv management.
1. Arrogant
2. Immature
3. Heartless
4. Exploitative
5. UncaringName them. #HarassmentAtMtKenyaTV
— Voice of Reason (@KoechMmanuel) August 26, 2019
https://twitter.com/ItsBravin/status/1165848572698320897?s=20
#HarassmentAtMtKenyaTV For the better part of the 8 months that @mtkenyatv has existed, it appears to have perfected the art and science of harassing its staff in the watch of @WanguiNgirici especially those who dare raise genuine concerns. pic.twitter.com/j0QbgJw76g
— Benah (@BenahShantoz) August 26, 2019
When the situation escalate this far it really shows the negligence by the management and board to handle the problems being faced by the employees and the whole organization. #HarassmentAtMtKenyaTV pic.twitter.com/2Fpmj66lbe
— Iam Clint 🔥 (@KibetClinton_) August 26, 2019
Slopes media management gives employees very hard harassing options . It's either you sing the song of the management or face the music #HarassmentAtMtKenyaTV pic.twitter.com/ws7eNBrmmu
— Global Voice ✌ (@larrykipz) August 26, 2019
The relevant authorities should act fast an help this suffering employees #HarassmentAtMtKenyaTV pic.twitter.com/BztqF4xcnF
— elvin (@kevolitoKE) August 26, 2019
Intimidating employees and harrasing them only makes then not to deliver as expected. #HarassmentAtMtKenyaTV pic.twitter.com/AoVB6tFEQM
— THE MACHINE (@ItsClichy) August 26, 2019
https://twitter.com/Lewanjoski/status/1165868205677699072?s=20
#HarassmentAtMtKenyaTV @mtkenyatv management deducted @nhifkenya @NSSF_ke, and PAYE from the payslips of the employees, at least for the initial months they paid but never submitted the same to the relevant agencies. Where these deductions disappeared to, no one knows? pic.twitter.com/EdDJoEBTFT
— RICHARD STORNCHATT (@RICHIESTORN) August 26, 2019
#HarassmentAtMtKenyaTV As this things happens I still don’t understand why the @MediaCouncilK and Kenya Union of Journalists are quiet on this or have they ‘eaten’ so that they remain silent? Or they too have succumbed to intimidation? pic.twitter.com/mQyWgOeXsP
— THOMAS (@MiregwaThomas) August 26, 2019
Unscrupulous employers should be put to task over what they are doing to their employees. These people are staff members, not slaves. Sustain the fight, don't give up. #HarassmentAtMtKenyaTV https://t.co/4pMcAZnqwU
— Nahashon Kimemia (@nahashon87) August 26, 2019
These employees need justice, they have suffered enough. No payment for 4 months then denial of food and now intimidation and harassment. #HarassmentAtMtKenyaTV pic.twitter.com/RW8hYH3nxL
— Iam Clint 🔥 (@KibetClinton_) August 26, 2019
@mtkenyatv has not been paying its employees since April. This is not acceptable. @WanguiNgirici pay your employees! #HarassmentAtMtKenyaTV pic.twitter.com/Ft5BBv6ZVl
— KOT 🇰🇪 (@KOT_Loyals) August 26, 2019
#HarassmentAtMtKenyaTV This whole @mtkenyatv saga is damn serious. It is not just destroying the lives and careers of young and promising journalists but will also seriously dent our media industry @MediaCouncilK pic.twitter.com/pWN2Dxpw34
— THOMAS (@MiregwaThomas) August 26, 2019
#HarassmentAtMtKenyaTV At @mtkenyatv anyone who dares ask questions about the harassment and salary delay is either fired or sharply reprimanded and warned of dire consequences, or both. pic.twitter.com/khLBHtkKRB
— RICHARD STORNCHATT (@RICHIESTORN) August 26, 2019
#HarassmentAtMtKenyaTV The employees of @mtkenyatv have been living in great fear due to the kind of harassment and intimidation being orchestrated by the management of the media house. pic.twitter.com/GXliF8t3Ee
— Ambroze Ayoze (@NyandoroAmbrose) August 26, 2019
Behind the scenes most employees in media stations are suffering but always smiling in front of the Camera. But the case with Mt Kenya TV is different, and too much. #HarassmentAtMtKenyaTV pic.twitter.com/aOZYuAyok2
— Iam Clint 🔥 (@KibetClinton_) August 26, 2019