Sex for Work: The True Cost of Our Tea - BBC Africa Eye documentary
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- Опубликовано: 18 фев 2023
- A joint investigation between BBC Africa Eye and Panorama has uncovered widespread sexual abuse on farms which supply some of the UK’s most popular tea brands including PG Tips, Lipton and Sainsbury’s Red Label. Women in Kenya say they’ve been forced into sex by their managers while working on plantations which have been owned for decades by two British companies.
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Credit List:
Reporter and Producer - Tom Odula
Executive Produced, Directed and Filmed by - Seamus Mirodan
Film Editor - John Moratiel
Assistant Producer and Second Camera - Edwin Miyoshi
Undercover Back-Up Team - Bondo Rogers, Fred Ooko, Joseph Rop
Undercover Producers - Kassim Mohammed, Frank Odwesso, Wanjiru Njuguna, Norma Achieng
Production Manager - Simon Frost
Production Coordinator - Izzy Fleming, Charlotte Fraser
Social Media Producer - Anusha Kumar
Digital Producer - Tamasin Ford
Impact Producer - Courtney Bembridge
Reversioning Producer - Izzy Fleming
Digital Technician - David Smith
Online Editor - Chris Stott
Graphics - James Mobbs
Colourist - Boyd Nagle
Dubbing Mixer - Jez Spencer
Field Producer - Cathy Muema
Location Producers - George Sayagie, Nico Tanui
Translators - Jeanne Mogusu, Wanjiru Gachau, Tina Robi
Counsellor - Jane Awuor
Special Thanks - Amua Mama Initiative
Africa Eye Editor - Tom Watson
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🚨UPDATE 22/02: Police in Kenya have been ordered to open an investigation over allegations of sexual abuse, made in a BBC documentary, at tea plantations which supply some of the biggest British brands. 📖 bbc.in/3XV355e
Glory To God, let's hope justice will prevail & these monster be given lengthy jail terms because they have destroyed so many lives
Real struggle
I bet you, nothing will be done!! the country's leadership runs on sexism, non performing good looking young women get appointments at the expense of professionals. Impunity runs Kenya. Former Migori governor Obado has been accused of Murder and rape and still enjoys close relations with the president, ( possible candidate for civil service appointment), Kiambu governor was accused of raping, impregnating his teenager househelp and refusing to provide adequate help for the child, current agriculture minister has open rape cases. There have been numerous cases among the police raping and even killing women in jail cells.
Wat about corruption in kenya!
Soo sad
Thank you so much Tom Odula for bringing this to light. Thank you!!!
Hi Lynn, you can imagine how expoited woman are to get jobs in Kenya. I heard even in Nairobi industrial area is the same. Sad that this managers have made sexual advances as a job qualification skill. So pathetic!
This pervert need to be taken through medical test if found sick should be hanged
To make even the matters worse they are sick....may God help us
@@esthermbugua2291 your Nabii zakayo promised 4 million jobs ama hiyo pia ni hot air.
Lynn... Air it too on LNN we push for justice
Lemme just congratulate the lady who is undercover. Having to endure all that hard labour and harassment even when she didn't have to, just to ensure the sexual predators are uncovered. Shame on them. Good work Catie. Your sacrifice is so appreciated. God bless the good work in BBC.
Yeah. Catie is a hero!
Did Jeremy abuse her sexually?
@@maureenmiriti3199 I don't think it got to that point but they put many advances towards her and made her do hard labour because she didn't conform to what they wanted.
She’s such a great hero
It’s called appreciation not (congratulate)
I had a friend in Highschool who lived in these highlands. One day when going back home I looked at the field through my bus window and I told her it’s so beautiful she then answered me ‘’you do not know the atrocities that goes on in these plantations it’s beautiful outside but rotten inside” watching this documentary , now I understand what she meant 💔
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🥺😭🫂my heart breaks for our mothers
Make a stand by stopping the buying of these companies.....they should be held accountable for their sex workers and justice served 🙏💯
Decades of sexual abuse and we still haven't boycotted these companies? It has taken me over 4 months to fully watch this and it's heart-wrenching in every way. Can BBC do a follow-up of what happened after this expose, we cannot just let such stories die. All women who have suffered under these sexual goons need justice
Right ? Has anything changed for the women
This is so awful
As a Kenyan, the fact that it took BBC, and not a local media house, to uncover this is as insulting as it is disappointing. These sex pests should spend the rest of their lives behind bars.
Kenyan media houses do the same to their workers too.
It is also disappointing that it has been given almost zero exposure in the UK. This should be shown prime time on BBC, instead they show Strictly Come Dancing.
The sex pests are likely related to or connected in some ways to some people in our local media. So such stories cannot be done locally.
Why dont they just be sentense to death.... Shame on you,,, tumbo kubwa kubwa tu ndo wanajua .... ##justiceforteaworkers
media houses are common puppets for manipulation
These men need to be arrested not just for harassing these women, but for deliberately and knowingly infecting these women with HIV. THIS IS DIGUSTING!!!!.
Government should act on this predators immediately@Atwoli,where are you
Rubbish!BBC needs to investigate Child molest in UK!Is way worst in Europe! Always with this negative image of Africa 😈😈😈
How do you know he has hiv have you tested him how come no punishment was meted out on the woman who refused to part their legs.
@@la-ry1ms may you never see the fruit of your labor and may your days be filled with constant tears and suffering. Why should the women be punished? What did they do?
Kuna mtu amelazimishwa hapo,kubakwa ama.Women started this culture for favours coz majority have nothing to support their job applications and some in jobs sleep around to be favoured by the bosses
As a lipton tea lover this breaks my heart. I'll never drink tea the same way. May these women/victims find healing.
Yeah neh... if you dont buy the tea... you are taking money away from these women.. if you continue buying then you are encouraging their abuse
Stop supporting it. By buying it you are supporting every rape
Bloody hell! We'll be doing the same over here in Canada.
We can make a complaint to Unilever on their website.
I won't drink tea at all! I'll give up coffee if this shameful criminal practice is going on there. I'm growing Yaupon Holly for my caffeine.
The pain of being infected with HIV and being sexually compelled is so deep that some of those victims cant heal. Some people are so cruel but as long as there are bad people also there are good hearted people ,that is what give me hope.
This is what good journalism looks like.
Journalist in Africa should voice aloud to awake their government to add more regulations on family sexual courses, social sexual life images, polices, and educational system.
Rubbish!BBC needs to investigate Child molest in UK!Is way worst in Europe!
@@celsocosta880 this is the BBC Africa channel… go comment this on the BBC News channel for the UK
I love CJ too!
They still judge us with dreadlocks
This disgusts me. The fact that NO ONE in that company is willing to stop this abuse instead putting it on the VICTIM to stop it!! Unbelievable! All of the leads and managers need to be fired!!! Kate you are so brave. You are an amazing woman.
This makes me sick to my stomach. Now where is the feminism movement?
The feminism movement here in USA is more focused on emasculated men, and turn little boy to girlie boy. While there're women suffering around the world.
fired and sent to jail
Oh stop it. Even Oprah could not keep the students from being sexually abused in her school. Let hear you blame her too.
Our world is beyond discombobulated, but we're supposed to bow down and praise tho God who created such problems
What do you think can be done. To end this. A campaign should start.
I live in America and I can’t tell you the number of times I’ve been sexually harassed at work. It’s disgusting and it makes you feel dirty. Luckily, I was able to quit my job and move to another job. These women do not have a choice because that is the only job there is there in their village and they have children. It’s heartbreaking 💔.
Africa needs to have their own ME TOO movement and name and shame these men in public.
I don’t drink tea but if I did I would definitely boycott.
naming and shaming doesn't do anything.
in fact for a victim to believe its emotionally equivalent is heart breaking to think the most damning thing about being assaulted was the social shame.
The most disturbing thing when you actually think about it is that this happens in ALL industires, not just tea farming. EVERY LAST ONE OF THEM. It's disgusting and sad to know that perpetrators like this may not be jailed.
Western companies brought jobs to China. Western citizens lost their jobs.
Huawei CFO admitted to selling to Iran. It took her few years of being housebound and the thought of prison again, she finally admitted her guilt.
Can we trust a country who manipulates the stock market like China?
I rather have US dollar the primary currency. See what happened to crypto. Many checks and balances in the US. Politicians and CEOs are elected and monitored by people. They steal, they are caught and prisoned or fined.
Do you still trust countries who threaten to bomb you any minute now or politicians who elect themselves ? Hoorah the USA
This multinational companies not small companies ones and we have to support the small. I have do it for a long time and also only the company in my company most time for my city.
JUSTICE TO OUR MOTHERS, SISTERS, AND DAUGHTERS OF THE SOIL. When she said she got HIV, I cried, paused, and went onto the balcony to wipe my tears.
That's why black lives matter is so importat
@@hugodaniel8975 ALL LIVES MATTER.
@@hugodaniel8975 blacks exploiting their own kins
@@hugodaniel8975 thus a shitty organisation it doesn't have anything to do with the welfare of black people. Its a leftist political tool.
@@hugodaniel8975 That has nothing to do with this specific situation or country.
After watching this documentary I was so moved, I never realized our own mothers are going through this and later come at home and care for us whole heartedly, as if nothing happened to the. I feel unimaginable pain. Dear God Liberate our Mothers.
Lies again? Elite Expendable Drink Tea
Allahumo Aamiin,as we say in Islam.
I watched this documentary with tears in my eyes.
May Allah subhanahu wa'tala bless our mothers.
@@TheBOOK1975 🙏 amen
@@VeganSemihCyprus33 How is that possible for me i got no voice
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If these companies do nothing to protect these women and prosecute these men, then grocery stores around the world should stop carrying their brands and we as consumers should all stop drinking them. This is unconscionable!
Katie has massive courage and determination. Fair play to her for ploughing ahead to get the evidence.
Tom Odula and Katie deserve an global award for this job well done!😭😭😭😭😭😭❤️❤️
Lynn as well they really do deserve an award
These big companies should also be severely held accountable for turning a blind eye on this matter for over 3 decades !!!!
Exactly! BIGGEST tea companies in the world and you're telling me they're this disconnected to the plight of women serving their supply chain? Gross. Lipton surely had & has the resources be on this issue.
BBC only wants to show Africans as corrupt, they should send Tom Odula to the big company headquarters in the UK
Did you know these plantations are on stolen land? British forcefully took the land and Kenyans want them back coz they were not paid a cent.
It’s sad that we have to sleep with people who are supposed to give us jobs in order to get one. Sexual harassment is not only in the tea factories but everywhere, hotel industries, schools and many other places. Something needs to be done
@@christinelibese6856 100 Facts. Also alot of agency workers abroad are treated this way.
Thank you for exposing these predators. They should be prosecuted and punished accordingly. It is dangerous having these kinds of monsters roaming freely in the society
The reporter seems to be genuine, professional and honest to the viewers, something very rare these days
Getting Catie to report to HR to see if they would investigate was just *chef's kiss*. Just proves how these companies policies are all talk. Also how Catie removed weeds for a FULL 8 WEEKS is just amazing, I have so much respect for her
They don't protect women at all. They will say they will follow up forever.
The director should fires all managers and employ new team of managers especially those professionals who have work as seasonal at tea estates and not been confirmed permanent and have qualification to run the sector instead of appoint unqualified personnel whom they end up forgetting the actual business and running up misusing the resources and embarking nepotism and conflict of interest or harassment.
@@duncankipkirui1935 The "Director" should be executed or castrated, at least, alongside all of the managers. You are naive to think they aren't in on it. Shit runs downhill.
Poverty is the worst enemy to humanity... really sad... May the victims get justice 😭😭😭
I wish I can like this comment a thousand times.
Humans are the worst enemies to other humans,,,
No honor in poverty
No males are!!
@@missandry2669 were not born by one
My own mother went through this in the 1970s in Hawaii. She got a job cleaning hotel rooms which is considered a very good job, but the manager changed the requirement for the job that she must have sex with him, so she quit. She eventually found another job that didn't have such requirements.
Thank you for bringing this to light! Absolutely heartbreaking to watch.
I lost 2 aunties to HIV transmitted by these kind of boses. The kind of pain their kids had to go through because of it is disgusting. It affects generations.
@Stuart MacPherson WTF! 🤡
dont make HARAM is not allowed..
@Stuart MacPherson Stuart, get off this comment section. you're disgusting.
@Stuart MacPherson you must have never heard of r***. No matter how many times you say "no" you will still get r****
@Stuart MacPherson Such a heartless, agonizing and disgusting comment,
Tells alot about your negative absurd personality.
This is not just about one industry, but rather a statistic representation of the pervasive issue of sexual harassment and violence in all industries. It's time to recognize that company policies alone are not enough - we must take concrete action to protect women and ensure their safety.
Agreed, this film gives me goosebumps because this is only about one specific company and product: tea. What of all the others where no journalists have investigated?
It's just so painful
It's a problem within their culture, that's unfortunately a fact
Need MEN to be MEN. Not insects.
I Hope that an organisation will step forward and sue the company. For all those who’ve got AIDS from them and who’ve been harassed and abused and that they have to pay compensation
I worked with Unilever for over 5 years in corporate centre London and always thought it's one of the best companies in world to work for. I hope Unilever has not only sacked this guy but have handed over compensation package to all his victims.
In our school curricula, we should teach that sex is not a source of entertainment for boys or men but a mutually beneficial interaction. This is evidence of brutal experiences women and girls go through
The victims need to be compensated. Sexual abuse, broken homes, HIV, strenuous work, low wages, and compromise of their health, etc. These companies should compensate the victims.
To all the women who have experienced sexual abuse while looking for work, we stand with you. Your experience is not something that defines you. It's never easy to speak up about abuse, but it's important to know that you are not alone. You deserve to feel safe and respected in your work environment. You are not to blame for the abuse you experienced, Stay strong and know that you are not alone.
My mom was raised to be wife ! and she was wise woman who chose A man to be her provider, protector, leader, while she was home mother, actually that was her choice , she could have chosen to be looking for work but she didn't ,
Every Girl on this earth has choice to be AMOTHER AND BE HOME MAKER, (WIFE ) MARRY REAL MAN but this baloney of career and money thing is trap that many don't see forth coming consequences,
@@samuelagwotu5074 I will get married to a REAL MAN and I will work. As a lady choosing to work does not negate me being a wife and a homemaker. I honestly don't see where your argument is coming in, women are being sexually assaulted everyday, even the "stay at home wives" and that has nothing to do with the choice they have made in regards to work. But hey, it's a free country.
@@samuelagwotu5074 Look around you! Think realistically. Times are different. Families need more than one income to survive in this harsh Economy. Women have been forced to get out there and fend for their families. Times are hard!
Solidarity. Heart wrenching. Prayers. No words. Shame on Unilever. They are culpable!!! Knew about this for decades. Petitions should be started. Post this in every news channel we know n Amnesty n NGO n gender violence groups. Plain evil 👿
@@samuelagwotu5074they do NOT have a choice!!!!!!! Obviously ideal as this model is, it does not n cannot work for e stymie. Never mind the high volume of domestic violence!!!!!
My heart beats so fast watching this. Thankyou for sharing this video. Our mothers are strong people,infected with HIV for our sake
I am in pure shock and utter disbelief. African governments are largely to blame. They should firstly ensure that these companies that are benefiting from their soil and their people are paying fair wages and then also, that the Africans working for these companies are not being exploited have stricter rules and regulations regarding sexual harassment, someone suggested female managers if that can’t be done then where is the police, let female police officers be regulars on these farms etc.💔
Many Kenyan companies have an endemic issue with sexual violence & it’s about time these managers were brought to book. Thank you Tom Odula & BBC for this
It's everywhere even in churches.
DR Congo is the worst, but it needs to stop.
@@beatamafulu2405
What of South Africa?
You’d be shocked.
Every 2 hours a woman is r word or k word.
@@mariambaraka3353 , why many of our men act like animals?.
Where are the judicial authorities in Africa?
People looking for work should be treated with dignity.
This is not human 💔😭
Thanks for bringing this abuse to light. Everyone including the tea companies must be held accountable.
B O Y C O T T!!!
This is so sad😭. I really feel so sorry for these women. Thanks for your hard work and help, Tom🙏
This enrages me so much. Thank you for doing a job on this Tom.
The reality is that the same is not only happening in tea farms but also in all public and private offices in all sectors! To hell with these horrific acts.
I passed through this and i lost my work ,...ati iyo kiburi yako ikulishe basi
@@brendakaunda2262 Sorry,also in tea farms?
So 😢😢😢
Yes this is the reality out there and it's disgusting ....the sad part is even if you report nothing will happen
Everywhere including political appointments.
Thanks for bringing this to light...may everyone find justice
🚨UPDATE 08/03/23: At least 50 women to sue two tea companies for compensation following a BBC exposé: bbc.in/3ZC6cRp
Thank you for supporting these women, we've perpetuated a slave planet...now let's stand up and speak out for freedom and justice.
That lady who went undercover is a hero.
This is an issue that needs to be discussed to the public! We would not purchase Lipton tea or Unilever products. Shame on Unilever for ignoring this issue. We will demand justice ⚖️ for these victims. We stand together with you ladies on the field. Nobody deserves to be dehumanized in this way.
Yea, and while they are at it, Mangadi in Loikipia, no public access!
What kind of nonsense is this??
keep telling yourself that Diane. Nice dream world you live in.
Diane is just feeling pain like all of us but there’s nothing anyone will do including Diane Guzman
it takes you and me to stop this, people lets unite for justice to our mothers. unilever should be answerable.
Speak for yourself
IDC I'm still buying gallon of Lipton every week
Good to know that these multinational companies operate still knowing about these atrocities. Thank you for exploiting these monsters
I stopped buying Lipton tea years ago for other reasons, but this just proves it to me that i made the right desicion. That last "interview" at the hotel was absolutely horrific. Something needs to change.
This is really hurting, I am in tea industry in Kericho too after having worked in James Finlay too from 2000. I am really shocked! We women in tea have really suffered!! Men really look down on women in so many aspects there's got to be a major survey on this issues including work related molestation, greavances and failure to be promoted including sexual harrasment. We invite more of this and the government should consider chipping in too. Women leaders where are you?? Fida where are you?? We thank the union Kericho branch for trainings that has been conducted so far!! Kujeni nyote we are ready to reveal more!
These women are suffering
😂😂😂😂😂 umepata foram ya kujifanya victim
It's embarrassing
Wishing you and your families the best. What a shameful situation. I believe you. Anyone who wouldn't believe you is in denial
i personally don't think is a good idea placing all men under one basket.. i mean we got good people out her so you saying men look down on women is way wrong coz its just some men .. plus sexual harassment do happen towards both genders i mean nowadays even old women in top positions do ask for sex in exchange of jobs.. bt now that this involves women harassment does it mean all men are at fault???
My heart goes out to all the women around the world who have been sexually abused while looking for something to put on the table so that their children do not go to bed on an empty stomach. I feel your pain. You are my heroines! And may God bless you and show your children a better a world where no one see them as a sex object 🙏
It’s absolutely heartbreaking to hear these women tell their stories. Permanent injury, HIV, work constantly being used to essentially force them to have sex with their supervisors…and the companies who employ them trying to cover their asses while saying it’s not the huge problem that it is. CEOs and other execs and shareholders that don’t give a damn what women on the other side of the world go through, so long as they can make more profits. Shame on all of them, shame on the ones that weren’t investigated in this video, but likely have the same rampant abuse. Shame on companies that don’t care who suffers, so long as they are bringing in more and more profit.
I feel for the men in this video too. They suffer the same painful injuries as the women from working in the fields, and they get tossed aside, made redundant, with no warning in a place with little other jobs available. Profit at the cost of human dignity and lives, that’s what these multinational corporations are all about, and the suffering have no recourse when these people can pay their way out of anything. Until the entire world starts caring more about what happens behind the products they buy, caring about the working conditions for everyone regardless of where they are and what their work is, I’m afraid it won’t change. I really hope a lot of people see this and start demanding action be taken against companies and people like this.
It takes two to tango, it's hard time for the black man to take responsibility of his actions and look after his children.
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@@everymanisyourteacher9951 This happens constantly in the west. From coaches to teachers to employers in many companies. It's rampant in the west so let's point fingers at one group of men's.
Big thx to these reporters for exposing these filthy & sexual predators 👌🏾🙌🏾…..& helping remove them from these positions of power. My heart goes out to all the victims…..May they find healing 🙏🏾
They haven't all been removed. some have only been suspended pending a "full and transparent investigation". They'll all be back to their usual behaviour in due time.
I admire so much the beauty of Kenya, and I like to drink tea too. But I had no idea what is happening behind the multi-billion company names such as Lipton and their tea plantations.
Dear Girls, my heart is crying with you all. Find a way to make a class action lawsuit against those companies so they open their eyes and give you better opportunities for work and life.
Dear Tom Odula, my highest admiration! I hope your voice is loud enough so that many can hear you, and that your courage is strong enough, so you can support those in need.
When she said she's HIV positive n she lost her marriage..it really broke me
Can we freakin give Katie her Flowers 🙌 you're a soldier mama!
And Tom. Always bringing the gripping stories to light. Standing Ovation sir!!
Katie is a warrior for sure.
Well done Katie,if it were me I would have punched them...I get angry so fast
Thank you Tom and Kate , due to very high unemployment and desperation levels in Kenya ,these things runs deep in almost all sectors ,whether in manufacturing, hospitality ,farms etc ,it's chronic
Heartbreaking ! Hard to even finish seeing it. May God intervene through people like Tom and other justice fighters to destroy this evil system. Local leaders and politicians need to wake up and act.
The HIV part got me in tears so sad... action should be taken...women are going through alot big up to the journalist ❤️💯
Hiv in Africa is huge because people are malnourished of nutrition and vitamins, proper sanitation facilities and access to clean water. There is Also alcohol, drugs but then you also have people in Africa used as guinea pigs when it comes to vaccinate trials. Instead of giving them access to the basic necessities like what I mentioned they...give them "synthetic materials directly into bodies" weakening them even more!!
Also the testing rate is set higher for hiv than other countries, meaning that people with malnutrition deficiency etc test positive for hiv when the terrain is the source of the problem!!..they don't want to give them access to good nutritional foods and clean water and safe health care. There's no profit in nutrition!
I can imagine the people that he had infected 😢😢😢its unbelievable
Pure unadulterated evil 👿😈👿
That was painful, especially to the mother who had no choice but to let her daughters get in the hands of the people who abused her.
This one too drove me crazy.... I don't know whether to cry or to reverse everything 😕 am soo bitter
This is really so painful to swallow,.Kenyan government should take immediate action for the compensation of this innocent workers and the whole management boards brought to books for negligence if the workers and their working conditions and ignorance to their greivances
I am so mad and disgusted by these sexual predators, Intentionally spreading HIV to these women they need to rot in jail.
I am still shaken by the fact that some of the managers have been working for 26 years!! Can you imagine 26 years of this atrocities on women? This screams a death bed every time you see tea plantations in Kericho.
Hey how are you doing today…?
This is just but a representation of what happens in all sectors in Kenya. This includes even students on attachments and internship. It's heartbreaking especially if you can relate.
And also female cops
You can say that again
Exactly and these men should be exposed
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I was sexually harassed by my boss at an Italian restaurant in our town when I was in my late teens and early twenties. I was about 19 when I started there or 18 yrs old. I reported him to the police with my younger sister who was a minor at the time as she is 3 yrs younger. He did it to her as well and most of his young female employees and adult females. He only employed young girls and women. He never employed boys or men.
The car conversation in this video reminded me of that time when I had to get a lift from my boss as he wouldn't let me walk home even though he let some others walk home alone. He never had sex with us or anything but he touched us without our consent and we both told him no when we were working separately from each other but had to get a lift alone with him. He would insist that I sat in the front seat and I didn't want to. He touched my legs, back, face and shoulders. I didn't want him to touch me at all. He was my college friends Dad and my boss. He was in a position of power over us and did the same to my sister when she worked on different days. We would turn down the lift but he insisted pretending it was to keep us safe but he really wanted to get one of us alone so he could invade our personal space without consent. He used the fact that he was liked and powerful in town and we'll known as people wouldn't believe that he would be a creep like that. One day I told my sister that I was going to report our boss to the police and my sister then told me that he did the same things to her and others too. Even though my boss could organise paying us at the end of the last shift of the week, he refused to do that and made sure that he called us in one by one as young female staff on our days off. We said we couldn't and he said we must and that he didn't have time to sort it out on another day when we would be working. He would get me to have some tea or coffee and some ice cream. I didn't want to have anything, I just wanted to get paid and go home. He did the wages in the evening or the afternoons so they could be paid in our last shifts but he made us pick them up alone. While his wife and kids were at home. He would make me sit next to him, when I went to get my wages. He touched my legs and arms. He moved his chair closer so he could touch me. I moved my chair away from him, then he moved closer again. He was such a creep, a perve and he deliberately employed young girls and women to get access to them. I saw his profile on Facebook, even though he is retired now. He is grooming women and girls in other ways, by chatting with them at thier work when they served him. He would seem nice I'm sure and insist they meet up with him for coffee. I saw in the comments and his profile statuses that he met up with a shop assistant from Tesco regularly and there was photos of him hugging her and touching her shoulders. Giving her gifts and going for coffee with her. He was an old guy when I was in my 20's he must be in his 60s or 70s now maybe. It makes me feel sick that he is still doing it and noone else has been brave enough to report him to the police. He is in the rotary club and because of that people are scared to report him as too many people will defend him and say he's just being friendly and he's Italian it's how they are very touchy feely. It's no excuse to touch people without consent especially when they say no again and again. My sister and I gave our statements to the police and another girl decided to give a statement too but she got scared and backed out. Even though she gave a statement she retracted it so then the police didn't go ahead with the rest of the investigation. My sister talked to other girls but even though the said it made them uncomfortable. Some defended him and said it was wrong but he's just a friendly guy. Some wanted to report him but were too scare to do so. So our case was reported but we couldn't get him arrested. He was able to keep doing it for yrs to other vulnerable girls and women before he retired and after he retired by chatting with women at thier jobs and meet with up with them alone. My old boss from yrs ago made my skin crawl and made me feel unsafe. If that other girl went ahead to give evidence in court with us if it went that far we could have gotten further in trying to get him arrested and charged. He only got a verbal warning not to do it again and if he did he would be arrested and put in jail immediately, then he would have to go to court then. Sadly even though he continued to do it no one else was brave enough to report him and take it further. So he was free to be alone with women other than his wife. Who possibly knew what he was doing but refused to believe it was anything other than being too friendly. After we reported him we both quit and I saw his daughter every day on the bus to College. She used to talk to me a lot as we were friends. She blanked me and gave me evil looks and hated me and my sister for reporting him. We were not in the wrong he was the one committing a crime every day and getting away with it. It makes me angry that he is able to continue to do that. He wife let's him get away with it without calling him out on it or divorcing him. She's still with him.
Sorry that happened to you it seems this is a problem all over the world.
@@HeideberryGod bless you for your bravery.
Oh my it is a real shame to know that a woman looking an honest job and yet go through such abuse
I've deliberately made my mind to never take any Unilever tea again. It's a noble decision
Me too
That is not very clever, in the long run, you will hurt poor because they depend on those jobs and income.
Ull take it in a htl
Me too
Nooo....we will loose our livelyhood not all are evil
As a man who has a sister I'd kill for. This makes me truly scared, angry, anxious, worried and speechless!!!. I feel ashamed but thankfully we have amazing better men out there like the journalists, myself & a few many others.
Congratulations you're a rare breed
God bless you and all the good people that do good things we would be lost with out people like you ..
There are bad people across the spectrum. These type of cluster B personalities are found in every culture, race and gender. It is very painful
I know you mean no harm... but I think we should respect people just because they are human beings, not because we have a sister or a mom or a daughter. We don't have to have a personal relationship with a gender to be able to empathize with them. Again, I know you mean no harm.
@@shirleytatha8189 yes but the empathy is different when it's blood relationships, it's deep and makes one generally care for other women more
Thax very much for the documentary goood job done well ,God bless U to put all this to the world
These justices are for our mothers, daughters, sisters, and friends… thank you for sharing this with us.
My heart broke for the 14 year old who was sexually assaulted and no action was taken 💔😭😭 this is really sickening 😭
What kind of 'men ' are these??
@@sam-fc9ky Worse than Animals.
Sam they are not men sexual predators. I am glad she told her truth.Lipton company need to step up and fire him .Hope she heal from her trauma.🙏
I was on attachment in one of the flower farms in Thika 8 years ago. My supervisor was a man. At that time I didn't understand why he told me never to go to any department by myself, and that I should always notify him in which greenhouse I was. But he probably saved me from a lot of trouble. One time I was excited to drive the truck carrying waste material, I forgot to say where I was going. With me, there were 2 guys, and the dumping area was a bit bushy .on coming back, he asked me where I was, who I was with and if anything had happened..me I was just excitedly telling him how I drove the truck ..the look on his face only relaxed when I said nothing had happened....I was lucky, but maybe someone else wasn't
Thank God for him
@@shirleytatha8189 not too fast 😂. They are probably related or he was returning a favor to his benefactor by protecting her.
@@africanglobalnomad no we are not related..he was just a good person
@@africanglobalnomad there are still good men out here it's quite sad that evil is too normalised that the only thought you had is its a compensated favour,do good and expect nothing in return,that mentality is the same that the perpetrators have
Thank you for unravelling this ill , I pray that our Kenya prosecution team will take this and use it to bring down this villains
It's so sad that we can not protected our women in the work force trying to provide for their families.
Wah, I applaud Kate, she really put herself in an uncomfortable situation so as to help Tom tell the victims story. From literally doing the manual labor for weeks to going into a hotel room with a know sexual predator, hongera Kate. You have made us see what sexually assaulted victims go though. Good work Tom, also engage the public, let us know how we can help, is there a foundation for victims, how can we reach out and offer our assistance? Anyone who has ever been a victim, I pray that you find peace, that you heal, it was not your fault and you didn’t deserve that ❤️ 🙏🏿
In a country where the rule of law has lost meaning. So painful to watch this.
Foundation in Africa! Hmm, I will no mock you but there is nothing such as that. They are only setup for money laundering or fraud. We have seen even foundations saying they are there to improve schools or build water pumps and they make promises, take pictures for their propaganda and that's it. Nothing ever changes. In fact, most of the owners of these foundations are also involved in pyramid schemes and need ways to clean their cash...
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Men have been abusing women for too long and their power that’s why men take themselves out!!
Women can use their bodies to bring men down. Traps traps traps. Ogopa women
This is completely inhuman, it's men like this who makes it difficult for me to defend other men. I hope justice is served.
@@primearchitect7306 okay
But it's men like you who never seeks to find and look at the root of a problem, where it all began, and just rent shit about defining men, who made this interview, a man!!
To defend other men!!!!How many billions of men are we in the world?Are we all some weirdo out to molest women?And hasn't this issue beign brought forth by a man?..
You can't defend all men, and you can't defend all women, because anyone is capable of doing evil things.
It’s always men !!!
Abused at work, mistreated at home.
The common denominator remains. 🤦🏽♀️
Thanks BBC journalists.. you saved many families and unburdened so many hearts .... you should be celebrated ✨
This story should be trending. Kenya government should make arrests. In this day and age this should not be happening. Good job Tom, Thank you Katie for going undercover. I am traumatised on your behalf. I pray you and the victims will heal. To the victims we are sorry we have failed you as a Nation. I pray our noise on social media will help.
We should go to twitter
@@orangiruth5158 I agree
I hope this guy is fired already
@@theworldthroughmyeyes024 They said they are suspended.
I agree 👍
Women all over the world especially black women have the hardest lives. The trauma they deal with is unmatched
yes very true, the history of exploitation isn't history it's in the present. I'm Canadian and half American and alot of white people especially in the USA really are disgusting when they say there is no issue with race.
@@bok.. exactly! They are very much in denial and run from the truth any chance they get
Welcome to the pity Olympics
@@G_Flash84625 I know! So stfu grab your popcorn and take a seat the show about to start Jimmy
Black women in whole world should get a international date for against sexual harassment and sexual forceful behaviours in a family.
Absolutely disgusting how these poor ladies been treated. I feel so sad that those ladies were desperate for an income that they had to put up with it 💔
I live in the UK I'm originally from South Africa but I can honestly say hand on hart that I'm glad I don't drink anything from these scumbag companies, n don't shop at any of their stores either.
These people should be locked up for this atrocity n beat twice daily to remind them what they've done to these poor women!😥, I hope these women get some justice n help with the trauma of it too!😔🙏💜✌️
Hey Jamie, unfortunately it’s like that at the bottom of the chain of any industry. From the. Clothes you wear, to the phone you’re using, to the chair you’re sitting on,…
I can only imagine the pain, the guilt these women carry in their heart and also the desperation knowing that they have to do this to feed their kids... Men like Jeremiah deserve very long prison sentences.
One sober man, thank you brother.
Bt I know some did it willingly
They must be disbanded
@@markzain7763 kabisa and prosecuted.
@@charlesmwangi9232 you be fool..
Sickening documentary and I hope our authorities bring these monsters to justice. Since my childhood, I've been involved in tea farming and even own few bushes of my own. I've never witnessed these grotesque atrocities in our place. We stand with you fellow tea pickers
I lost my mom due to this kind of bosses and has left me with a mark to remember such kind of beasts..May all women be protected from such shameful bastards
So very sorry to hear this. 😔Thank you for sharing.🙏
im a very big tea drinker and am now not going to use any of the brand in this video. thanks for your hard work to expose this treatment, much love and respect to all the people in this video from England
My heart bleeds as a father to daughters and a husband. It's disheartening the levels of desperation and mental torture that these managers put the women through just to exploit them sexually in exchange for a job and renewal of contracts. I can imagine the women's anxiety. These predators should face jail time.
I remember another documentary of the same nature. The women were lure into sex trafficking in another country Italy. Many women got pregnant and their children were taken from them. The Europeans were behinds the scenes using the black men and women to lure them in. It is black peoples being used to bemuse The Europeans as well in America take advantage of peoples of colors, Historically.
@Stuart MacPherson France has less than 1% convictions on rape accusations. It is a pandemic, sexual assault. Gang rape has it's own special name in France, tournantes. Look up Samira Bellil - a real martyr. The truth is the world is uncivilized. Human trafficking takes place in every "civilized" country. Women and children disappear everyday in the West. There are few if any countries that are exceptions, and none of those are in "The West". I highly doubt any country is without it. You are using circular logic. Taking responsibility for themselves would involve killing/castrating their attackers - and then they would be put in jail for assault or murder and not believed about being sexually assaulted. The U.S. has decent laws about self-defense but you aren't allowed to have guns in much of Europe. Force multipliers are the real answer, but only if they are allowed to take action without ruining their lives even further. The circle of silence is the biggest issue: not being believed. This is also compounded by the issue of false accusations, especially by women in the West. So it takes a court case for each situation. "Gang grooming" is very common in Europe, sadly.
@Stuart MacPherson France has an accountability issue, and you clearly have a racist issue.
@Stuart MacPherson You just blatantly supported racial segregation and have the gall to blame people from other countries and act like no Frenchman (or woman) has ever committed rape, that rape doesn't exist in Europe on it's own. Your logic is non-existent, and you are projecting your racism onto me. Get a brain, nimrod.
@Stuart MacPherson yes the civilised Europe where child predators are ministers and work in the government. Really acting as if there isn't endemic se#ual harassment and r@pe in Europe. How naive are just that in Europe those ceo. Execs, principals have money to cover up. Alps the issue of sex tourism where by the lovely European gentleman pay to se#ually exploit children in other countries during holidays. Then go back home to their wives and children. Go also look at the amount of normalised se#ual violence in relationships even just in the UK. Predators are not based in one nation or even in one class they are everywhere. In churches, schools. Board rooms, universities etc.
You're selfless "Katie". Those 8 weeks will change LIVES. It has to.
Thank you very much for this very impressive documentation.
I will only drink my mother's self-picked tea from the Baltic Sea.
I will be willing to volunteer on any theme to bring out light in my country Kenya thumbs up for this and more work you have done
The British colonial tea mononpoly company should take responsibility for allowing this to happen in their workplace without any action in place to stop it. All they care for is profit.
Sometimes you blame the colonialists for nothing. This was a job given to locals. It is your own people exploiting your sisters. If the British came to manage it for you to ensure it stops you would still lament that they are taking your jobs away. We have a rotten society full of tribalism, corruption and sexual exploitation. The British cannot give you jobs then do it for you. Blame the perpetrators not the British.
Africans do this all over their space. What is wrong with us and why must we blame others for our problems?
Suspension of the perpetrators is not enough, they should be arrested and prosecuted, my thoughts go out to the abused women, you deserve justice.
@Margaret Wangui 💯💯💯
Great undercover duty performed by catie.you were absolutely resilient in your actions towards those called managers and supervisors in that tea plantation. God bless.
Yes this is useful and very nice of you to bring this to light .I was expecting a better ending though ,where it ends with you getting justice for these affected ...you were almost there and with BBC supporting, you should have been able to do advocacy and all the legal avenues to get justice for them and get these people fired
Sometimes it's hard to watch these documentaries because of the brutal truth and evil acts amongst us. But these women are so powerful and courageous. It's not easy to relive constant abuse. Thank you to everyone who brought this to light. I hope the predators are punished to the fullest extent to cause such inhumane pain and hardships.
This documentary MUST be seen by the entire wold! I drink Lipton and I had no idea! I feel dirty knowing something in my cupboard has caused so much pain!
Hello how are you doing.?
Learn British colonial rule: plantations tea is sitting on was forcefully taken by British. Owners murdered, maimed and evicted. Never compensated to date.
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I know this is sad and disgusting to watch
Can't look at my tea the same way, am in Kuwait, Lipton has been my favorite brand and love to hangout at Starbucks after work and weekends
This is the most heart wrecking point-"ndoa yangu ilivunjika because my husband knew I sleeping with the manager ,and I realised that I had been infected with HIV 💔💔💔
I'll empower my children with knowledge, may the Almighty see me through 🙏🤲
Heartbreaking 💔💔💔😩
Sad
The fact that Starbucks did not bother to give a statement is sad. I strongly pray these women get the justice they deserve and more job opportunities where they can safely work and provide for their children
I think Starbucks offers coffee exclusively
@@kelvinndereba8786I got a tea from Starbucks last week and it was hella expensive.
No no no let's get it right! How does Starbucks fit in this?
@kelvin ndereba not true. They sell tea also
Starbucks sells coffee exclusively....chai ni uko tea room 😁
Knowing that your own African brother will do this to you. It’s crazy it’s criminal I can never understand this.
@Tom Odula is my hero. I might just put that on a t shirt. God bless you❤️
Tom Odula always does a very good job!
The government should require the tea companies to hire a minimum amount of people. They also need to dictate the maximum amount of machines allowed. But, this will not happen because of corruption. God help them.❤
This is Shocking the sexual harassment these poor women have to endure 💯 Those predators should be bought to Justice I've just boycotted buying Kenya & Lipton's & PG tips this was such a eye-opener for me From New Zealand Praying that things will get better for the woman 💯🙏💕💀
the unwillingness of these tea companies to enact justice is horrifying
In these situation we should actually blame our law enforcement officers. Why is it that these ladies can't go to the Police to report these men? It is because they know the place won't do anything! That is where the root of the problem is.
They work with separate contracted companies for sourcing their product so, like all huge cooperations, they just "pass the buck" and point fingers at eachother.
@@AliClay they have no case that can't stand judicial scrutiny these stories are only good for sensational journalism.That yebei guy should consider suing BBC for defamation and alleging he has hiv in an effort to stigmatize him.
The rat to set a trap for fellow rats. Many of the managers do it. They are the doers, so how can they enact a law to do prevent it
Our country is so rotten my God!!
i felt into tears after seeing this. i am raised in tea plantation, and if this is what our parents are going through to raise our school fees, it encourage me to work smart in order to take them out from that hell.
Godspeed brother. You and all of you there.
@@imranzaki3687 thank you,,
Why wasn’t this documentary tagged to Lipton, Starbucks, Finley and the other company?
The management at the top needs to listen to this concerns and furthermore this should be a documentary broadcasted world wide for protests to take place and for these brands to go out of pocket.