Indian national claims employer seized his documents

Pawan Kumar, an Indian who is stranded in Kisumu in a picture taken on February 26,2017. His employer has been illegally holding his passport over some job related disagreements. He is now indoors as he has no identification document and wishes to travel back to his home in India. (Photo: Denish Ochieng/ Standard)

An Indian national is stranded in the lakeside city after his former employer confiscated his travel and identification documents. Mr Pawan Kumar, who is being hosted by a friend, can neither travel nor fend for his family in India after being sacked by Rishi Haulers, a transport company based in Kakamega.

Mr Kumar came to Kenya in February last year as a tourist but ended up at a sugarcane plantation near Mumias Sugar Company.