The Kenya Broadcasting Corporation (KBC) board has sacked suspended Managing Director David Waweru and the corporation’s secretary Hezekiel Oira with immediate effect. A terse statement issued today by the board chairman Charles Muoki said the two have been sacked pursuant to section 24 a) of the Employment Contract for the Managing Director and Section 15 (ii) of the KBC Code of Regulations.
Both were suspended in June this year following allegations of impropriety involving the contract to broadcast the FIFA World Cup 2010 matches live from South Africa. In suspending the two, the board said it was necessary for the move to pave way for far reaching investigations including a forensic audit of the controversial contract. The Inspector General of State corporations and the Kenya Anti Corruption Commission were invited to launch investigations into allegations of official sleaze in the corporation.
Following the sackings KBC’s Editor-In-Chief Waithaka Waihenya will continue acting as managing director while Finance and Administration Manager Musa Muthambi will continue to oversee the duties of the corporation secretary.
(Source: KBC News)
