Fresh twist in Rixxos Lounge saga as management speaks out on viral video

The management of Kitengela's Rixxos Lounge now claims that the female employee captured in the now viral video allegedly being harassed by the establishment's owner is part of a cohort of workers who were secretly defrauding the entertainment joint.

In a statement on Friday, Rixxos management alleged that the female employee, alongside other waitresses and a barman, had been reported to Kitengela's DCI unit in late November when the joint realised that its books were not adding up.

They were later allegedly arrested and questioned by the Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI), according to Rixxos.

"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 24th November 2022 upon which they offered help and arrested the workers on 1st December 2022 on suspicion of stealing and defrauding from the company," reads the statement seen by Citizen Digital.

"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 systems to settle the current bills of our customers."

The employees, Rixxos management added, were later released on bond to allow for investigations to continue.

They however allegedly opted to storm the entertainment joint demanding their pay and hence the birth of the viral video.  

"After release, they came to our premises threatening the management and hence the drama began between our management and the aforesaid 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," said Rixxos.

In the video which has been trending on Twitter since Wednesday afternoon, the establishment's owner can be heard hurling insults at the female attendant while explicitly stating that he will not pay the woman what he allegedly owes her.

He goes as far as telling the woman that she can't do anything to him since he is allegedly 'close' friends with President William Ruto.

"I am not paying you. Mshenzi wewe, kwani unadhani unaeza nipeleka wapi? I talk with the president, my friend," said the joint's owner while pointing to what was presumably a picture of him and President Ruto on his phone.

"You can't take me anywhere; I talk to the president directly. Mimi nikisema nikukalie saa hii utaenda na kesi mbaya. Utakuwa unanipigia simu unanibeg. Nishakuambia sikulipi."