Rixxos Club in Kitengela has issued an explanation of the viral video that made rounds on social media of an altercation between the manager and a female employee.
According to a statement from the management, the woman in the video is an employee of the club and had come to demand her monthly salary.
“Recently as the Rixxos management, we had an issue with a few of our waitresses and our barman which we reported to the local DCI office on the 24th November 2022 upon which they offered help and arrested the workers on December 1 on suspicion of stealing and defrauding the company,” read part of the statement.
“After wide consultation with our IT department regarding losses, we have been recording the past few weeks, we followed some leads and came to the conclusion it was through the use of past Mpesa codes in our system to settle the current bills of our customers,” the statement added.
Rixxos explained that they had refused to pay the employee due to pending investigations on past employees who had been accused of theft.
“The management later learned that they were released on bond for a later investigation. After release, they came to our premises threatening the management and hence the drama began between our management and the foresaid workers who were asking for their monthly salary and that’s where we made it clear that we could not pay them until the investigation is completed,” the statement added.
The video of the Rixxos lounge manager harassing a female employee circulated online raising Kenyans’ attention who demanded for action against the man.
The video caught the police’s attention and resulted in authorities raiding the premises the following day.
