Chinese firm quietly lays off man who recorded racist Chinese boss calling Kenyans monkeys

Liu Jiaqi was deported from Kenya after he was caught on camera calling Kenyans monkeys including president Uhuru Kenyatta.

The Chinese man arrogantly stated that he didn’t like Kenya because the people are black, poor and they smell. He however said that he still had to do business with Kenyans because he only wanted the money.

The racist Chinese was eventually deported from Kenya after video of him calling Kenyans monkeys went viral on social media sparking public uproar.

Liu Jiaqi while he was at JKIA awaiting deportation
Liu Jiaqi while he was at JKIA awaiting deportation
Left out in the cold

Richard Ochieng was the one who recorded Liu Jiaqi when he was calling Kenyans monkeys. The 26-year-old was a worker at Sonlink Kenya until he was quietly laid off after the incident with Jiaqi.

Ochieng is the only staff working at the Chinese motorcycle assembling firm whose contract was not renewed at the Ruiru based firm.

“Sonlink failed to renew my contract. Everybody else was retained except me. I attribute that to the fact that I am the one who recorded their colleague calling us monkeys,” Ochieng said.

The 26-year-old has since relocated to Homa Bay where he plans to start his own business.

 

 

You only got a fraction of the story! Man who recorded Chinese man call president Uhuru a monkey tells New York Times how he faced racism on a daily basis

Liu Jiaqi was deported from Kenya after he was caught on camera calling Kenyans monkeys including president Uhuru Kenyatta.

The Chinese man arrogantly stated that he doesn’t like Kenya because the people are black, poor and they smell. He however said that he still have to do business with Kenyans because he only wants the money.

Also read: Chinese national living in Kenya calls president Uhuru a monkey… Babu Owino responds

The whole story

Richard Ochieng, who recorded the Chinese man hurl racist slur, has come out to narrate his experience working for the racist man during an interview with New York Times.

Richard Ochieng
Richard Ochieng

The 26 year old reveals that Liu Jiaqi racially abused him on a regular basis. He recalls an incident when he was on a business trip with Liu and they spotted troop of baboons by the roadside. Liu told Ochieng to say hi to his brothers (baboons) and instructed him to share some bananas with the primates.

Ochieng also reveals that when he took the job as a salesman at the Chinese motorbike company he was paid a fraction of what he was initially offered.

He also says that his salary was subject to deduction for a long list of infractions, including zero laughter policy at work.

“Each minute of lateness — sometimes unavoidable given Nairobi’s notorious traffic — came with a steep fine. An employee who was 15 minutes late might be docked five or six hours’ pay,” said Ochieng

 

 

 

 

 

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