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Swahili Village: Kenyan-owned restaurant in the US fights labour law violation claims

Swahili Village owner Kevin Onyona at the entrance to his fine-dining Kenyan restaurant in 2020. [Courtesy: Swahili Village]

A popular Kenyan-owned restaurant in the United States (US) has denied allegations of underpaying employees in violation of labour laws governing operations at its Washington branch.

A plaintiff, through the District of Columbia (DC) Attorney General's Office, in August, accused Swahili Village of wage stealing by paying hundreds of its employees below the city's minimum rates.

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