Sonlink K. Limited, the company whose Chief Executive Officer (CEO) was last week deported to China by immigration authorities on grounds of racism has apologized to Kenyans.
Liu Jiaqi, a Chinese national was kicked out of the country after a video of him referring to Kenyans as monkeys and insulting President Uhuru Kenyatta went viral on social media.
In a statement, Sonlink said it learnt about the video in June and had since issued an apology in writing to its workers and subjected the racist CEO to internal disciplinary measures.
“Liu Jiaqi was asked to give personal and public written apologies to all Kenyan staff in our workstation,” said the company head Troy Guo said.
Guo also said the firm held a reconciliation party in a bid to restore good working relationship between the Chinese workers and their Kenyan counterparts.
“Sonlink has strived to foster harmonious working relations. Sonlink Limited wishes to sincerely apologise to the Kenyan people for the utterances made in the video clip,” Guo said.
The company further clarified that Jiaqi’s utterances captured in the clip are personal and do not represent the position of Sonlink Limited. The company sells motorcycles along the Northern Bypass in Ruiru, Kiambu County.
Kenyans, this is a wake up…
Kenyans, this is a wake up call. It’s not just the Chinese, it’s the world against blacks. Look at what the Chinese did in Ghana to another African. It’s time to take the blackness as a mark of God. This should unite all the blacks into one. We need to create ” A State of mind State”. Help each other, help our families without looking any other way. No genuine help will ever come from anyone who looks down on you. The Chinese have had too many incidences in Kenya to call it isolated. It’s time for Kenyans to be bold. No more apologies. Too little, too late. It’s time for Kenyans to assume they are all guilty until they prove themselves otherwise. And that is what should dictate our working relationship. Kenyans, trust but audit. God help our leaders to wake up to the new reality. God help Kenya!!
This is not enough! What…
This is not enough! What about u necessarily salary deduction?. Are you going to compensate the workers?. P as y them enough?. We are so much disappointed. The government need to check into all those foreigner companies mistreating and undwrpaying Kenyan workers and not also be allowed to employ from their countries. Kenyan must wake up and fight for their dignity, racist and other u necessarily mistreatment.
You start treating Kenyans…
You start treating Kenyans better or leave and take your motorcycles to Shanghai. Chinese run in the billion another one will for sure pop up in Ruiru selling the same or another counterfeit.
KISIMA CHA MAARIFA: …
KISIMA CHA MAARIFA: suluhisho.
Ndugu Liu Jiaqi alifukuzwa Kenya kwa kutumia lugha isiyofaa kwa wananchi wa Kenya.
1. Kwa nini sisi kwa sisi tunaendelea kutumia isiyofaa kwenye mikutano?
2. Jana nilimsikia Gavana wa Nairobi akiwahutubia wananchi huku akitumia lugha isiyofaa.
3. Sisi sote yafaa tujiangalie na kuanza kuishi maisha bora na pia kutumia lugha inayofaa tunapowasiliana.
4. Ni bora Gavana wa Nairobi aondolewe kazini mara moja ili tusije tukaitwa “wabaguzi wa rangi” kwa kumfukuza Liu Jiaqi na huku hamna tofauti baina ya Liu na Sonko!
5. Ni lazima tuikomboe nchi yetu kwa vitendo na pia kwa kutumia lugha lugha safi tunapowasiliana miongoni mwetu.
My challenge to kenyan…
My challenge to kenyan ingineers and business men is this-what’s so hard about making a piki piki even one with 2cylinders?.Havent we churned out some brains that can come up with one made in kenya by kenyans and for kenyans?
Some of you may recall that afew years ago chinese men attacke African men who were hanging with Chinese women.The mayor of that town said the men were simply protecting their Chinese women.So iwonder how genuine the appolgy is.How about some financial penalty?And community service.
They were all poached by MIT…
They were all poached by MIT, look at what was supposed to be Silicon Savannah, – that world is more white than Silicon valley itself- go to Ihub, and other Tech corners of Nairobi, you will find a mzungu stealing ideas from your fellow Africans. Not too long ago, someone posted on twitter the face of all African tech start ups and 80% make up is white. The foreigners are not only stealing minerals , now they are brain draining even in our own backyard. These days they do not give you scholarships to MIT , but they are coming to the source. Meanwhile our young talented youth are giving away this knowledge for free or a few shillings per month compared to what they are even worth. See , us Africans with our timid self when we see Mzungu or anything lighter skinned than we are, we fall over backward with some sort of bewitched Euphoria and let all our guards down . When the lighter skinned or yellow skinned see this , they demean you , they see your weakness over them and voila , dominance and that goes in all sectors. Our politicians are worse, they are ignorant, uneducated, have no negotiation skills, they wear rose colored glasses and sell our country piece , by piece each day to the highest bidder. Our activists same, everyone !
@Formerly guest2.Well said…
@Formerly guest2.Well said.Ihave been echoeing similar sentiments for awhile.First we have to be proud of ourselves as a people and race.If we can be the best in track and field certaily with similar hard work we could replicate this success in other sectors.
You bring up a good point about our politicians not being educated and the timid demeanor of Africans. Note that Since independance,pretty much the same families of shakers,and pillers or our political land scape are essentially the same people.We need new blood which translates new thinking.
You Africans and Kenyans…
You Africans and Kenyans mostly have abused yourselves.You don’t respect yourselves with many things that is noted worldwide.Corruption,rape,theft,stupidkillingsetc.
All in all if that man went to court would have treated as a king and Noelle proseque.
We shouldn’t go begging work hard