Mediamax Allegedly Declines To Pay Its Staff

Classified information reaching our news desk indicates that the People Daily employees have not been paid their salaries. It is the first delay in more than three months.

The situation is worse for the correspondents and photographers from across the country are worse off. The correspondents have not been paid for two months and most of them are in a state of shock. With schools opening this week, there are worries among the employees as they might miss taking their children back to school on time.

The poorly paid correspondents and journalists are asking the management of the company to step in and help.

“Managing Editor, Maina Muiruri, who claims to be born-again like Granton Samboja (Mediamax C.E.O) and lies to the correspondents every week thinks more about his personal benefit than that of the company or workers,” divulges the undisclosed source.

On the other end, some correspondents who have been working for more than two years have not been given their retainers after Annabel Iraki, and Finance man Ken said that they are not in the strategic plans of the company.

Ken and Annabel said that they do not wish to have the correspondents have their retainers. The two said that the correspondents are not employed, but should be treated like contributors who write opinion pieces for the paper.

Two years ago, the poorly paid correspondents staged a strike that was highlighted by Jackal News before the payments were made immediately.

“Maina Muiruri, who lied to the upcountry correspondents that they were to receive an increment from one shilling per word to three shillings, has since told the Finance department not to effect the payments,” added the source.

The media firm associated with President Uhuru Kenyatta has allegedly continued to mistreat the poorly paid correspondents barely a month after sacking 72 journalists.