Workers from a leading Liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) distributor are up in arms against the company’s management for blatantly breaking labour laws.
The frustrated employees have cited hostile persecution from the administration at Proto Energy Limited which packages cooking gas for industry giants Pro-Gas Limited associated with billionaire businessman Mohammed Jaffer.
Speaking to an accredited city blogger in confidentiality, the group of drivers at the company revealed that they have gone the last two months without receiving their salaries.
Sadly, this spelt doom for most of their festive season plans with some now forced into battles with their landlords.
“We have been denied our November and December salaries while others are celebrating sisi tunajificha land lords engine tushafungiwa nyumba,” reads part of a narration published on a popular Nairobi blog.
Even more frustrating, the workers have been left in total darkness in regards to the security of their jobs since the management has not issued any official communication on the burning topic of delayed dues.
Notices of contract termination have also not been given out.
“We don’t have food for our families, imekua ngumu sana, we have not been given any contract termination tuko tu. Please assist where you can, this company is slowly sinking,” one employee cried out.
Proto Energy Limited formerly also known as My Gas is the maker of Pro Gas that also recently received regulatory approval to buy out Solutions East Africa, whose LPG products trade as SeaGas.
The company [Proto Energy] is a leading retailer of LPG and related solutions in both local and regional markets.
The main beneficiary of their license to supply bulk LPG in Kenya is Pro Gas Limited.
The founder of Pro-Gas, controversial billionaire businessman Mohammed Jaffer, started the company’s operations in Kenya in 2017 and went ahead to establish himself as a market leader.
