A Kenyan national who owns a popular restaurant in Washington, DC is facing prosecution from US authorities for allegedly stealing wages from hundreds of his employees for many years.
The Attorney-General of Washington, DC, Brian Schwalb, disclosed in the court charges that the proprietor of the internationally popular eatery, Mr Kevin Onyona (Kenyan), and his business executive Mr Emad Shoeb “rampantly and systematically violated the city’s tipped minimum wage law and other worker protections, by stealing wages from their employees.”
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The AG further stated that the restaurant, popularly known as Swahili Village, located in downtown DC on M Street, adds a 20 percent gratuity to all charges, but the owners allegedly pocketed large amounts of tips from customers, which are exclusively meant to be kept by the employees.
The AG’s lawsuit states that after the employer took away the tips, the employees were allegedly offered wages, which were far below minimum wage guidelines according to DC wage guidelines.
The announcement by the AG that he had opened charges against the executives of the Swahili Village restaurant triggered social media debates with many across the US, who had known the hotel as one of the success stories of an immigrant business entity in America, expressing outrage at the alleged unethical conduct by the owners.
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