The British Council has concluded an investigation into allegations of racism and discrimination against Kenyan employees at the organization’s Nairobi office.
In a statement, the British Council said the probe found no evidence of racial discrimination, bullying, or harassment as complaints raised against staff members could not be substantiated.
The council further stated that it identified opportunities for improvement of its operations in Kenya in the course of the investigative process.
“These improvements include: the process for handling complaints, the management of staff performance and the management of redundancy processes. We will continue to learn lessons through open and honest appraisal and following this investigative process, we will look to strengthen our processes and training,” reads the statement.
It adds: “The British Council is proud to be an equal opportunities employer and draws its employees, including senior management, from within its country of operation. All the employees in our Kenya operation, with the exception of one individual, are Kenyan nationals, including five out of six members of the leadership team.”
The council initiated an investigation into the allegations in August 2021 after receiving a letter from an anonymous author.
The letter alleged that senior white executives discriminated against the accusers, predominantly as they were selected and assessed for redundancy.
“The cases underline a repeated practice by white members of staff to constantly assign Kenyans as underperformers, inadequate, unskilled, unprofessional, and suspects as the organization abuses its procedures and systems to validate its discriminative practice,” part of the letter read.
The complainants further alleged that attempts to air their grievances to the organization’s human resource department were also ignored, forcing some of them to either resign or drop the complaints altogether.
The British Council was founded in 1934 and specializes in international cultural and educational opportunities.
maybe its time british get…
maybe its time british get the fk out of kenya!!!
It is challenging to pass a…
It is challenging to pass a judgement on this issue. To begin with, most non-black races consider black people; especially Africans to be dumb and unteachable and are subsequently beneath them. Secondly, Kenyans are known to manufacture scams for financial gains. I know a married 64-year-old cucu woman who immigrated here and filed for political asylum claiming persecution by the Kenya government because she is an LGBT.
Of course they didn’t find…
Of course they didn’t find anything. Dimwits.
Of course they cannot find…
Of course they cannot find themselves guilty!! Another pair of eyes (Government) needs to do that in order to protect its citizens. But which government are we talking about?
Guys make me Kenyan…
Guys make me Kenyan president n such shit won’t be torelated.I will finish the corrupt the way Jenny Rawlings of Ghana did??Such foreigners company’s with such racism behaviour will b closed immediately wapeleke Hizo companies zao kwao.Akiya mungu I will make kenya shine n all the refugee diasporas wenye wamekatalia kwa wenyewe will come back to their sweet home heaven.
Zechariah 11:5
“Whose…
Zechariah 11:5
“Whose possessor slay them, and hold themselves not guilty and they that sell them say, Blessed be the Lord; for I am rich; and their own shepherds pity them not”.
How do you investigate yourself?
Whose standards are you using?
If I use my own standards that allowed me to commit a certain crime, then use the same standards to evaluate myself I can never find myself guilty.