Supermarket cashier in Nakuru slapped by client
over 'sweet' change
An angry customer
slapped a cashier at a leading supermarkets in Nakuru Town on Thursday for
giving sweets instead of coins as change.
A supervisor stepped in
to arbitrate but the customer walked away leaving the eight sweets on top of
the counter.
None of the security
officers at the supermarket intervened.
The cashier was however
not injured.
The supermarket owner
declined to talk to KNA, but one of the watchmen who requested anonymity said
this was the second such incident this year.
The Chairman of the
Kenya Chambers of Commerce and Industries, Njoroge Kamau, said sweets are not
legal tender, but said violence was uncalled for.
Kamau urged Central
Bank to increase the circulation of coins to avoid such incidents.
Two years ago, the
former governor for Central Bank, Njuguna Ndungu, assured Kenyans that there
were enough coins in circulation, but supermarkets have continued to give
sweets and matchboxes instead. (Star)