By Shem Kosse
Following a recent massive exposure of alleged exploitation of tenants of the ultra-modern shopping malls of the Mega City and Mega plaza situated along Kisumu’ Nairobi road and the prestigious Oginga Odinga street respectively, the proprietors of the twin malls have now embarked on harassments, intimidations and threats to the tenants fraternity for having leaked the dossier of their agony and the questionable migration status of their manager, to the press.
Talking to this journalist on strict conditions of anonymity, they claimed that the owners of the gigantic building Mithesh Shah, Deepak Shah and the manager Raj Sunil, literally went round each shop, hurling unprinted obscenities to tenants to brace fully for dire consequences of their recent move to lay them bare to the public domain.
“I will teach you African idiots a lesson that you will leave to remember. Am highly connected, influential and moneyed you can take me nowhere!†thundered the bulky Mithesh Shah, as the trio were walking tall, shuttling from door to door within the magnificent business premises.
The enraged traders have vowed to paralyze the operations of the pair malls and subsequently take to the streets to demonstrate against the management’s hefty rental fee and further storm the immigration offices to demand for the deportation of one Raj Sunil, whom they claim is an illegal immigrant who bought Kenyan citizenship.
Sunil citizenship status is rearing its ugly head hot on the heels of a mombasa based Italian business man who is currently criss-crossing the court corridors after thwarting the move by immigration minister Otieno Kajwang to deport him.
It was reported that the fire spitting traders have vowed to default their contractual payment because their relentless efforts to management to renew the terms and conditions of their tenancy, has since fallen on deaf ears.
The tenants bid to read the riot act to the duo Asian tycoons comes at a time when lakeside city’s business community is struggling to overcome the negative economic effects slapped on it by post election upheavals.
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Date: Thu, 29 May 2008 04:42:51 -0700 (PDT)
From: Shem Kosse
Subject: KISUMU TENANTS TO PARALYSE OPERATIONS, STORM IMMIGRATION OFFICES OVER ASIAN TYCOONS CONDUCTS.
This Asian dont know Kisumu people have a rough time during the Election. How comes this man is calling us Idiots? we are the people who can teach him a lesson cause Kenya belong to us not Him. Does he think Kisumu is calcutta india. Kisumu Passy is Marua.
Shem you are such a war monger who has very little respect for private property. It was my wish that with the election extortion season over, your type would disappear. Please let enterprising Kenyans run their businesses as Kisumu needs the private investments more that ever. If any of the tenants has issues I believe they are wise enough to move to the courts. It is your type of propaganda that led to the destruction of our beloved. Please cut out the gutter press!
Shem is only conveying information. If you or anyone else has a different version of this story then please post it.
The year is 2008.