President Ruto suspends KEBS MD and 26 other employees over contaminated sugar.
The head of state, President Ruto suspends KEBS snd 26 other employees over contaminated sugar.
In a press release by president Ruto’s spokesperson, Hussein Mohammed, the managing director and the 26 employees, are accused of releasing contaminated sugar, harmful for consumption.
The statement read,”In recognition of the unique mandate of the agencies as vanguards of public health and safety, it is manifest that some officers in the relevant agencies abdicated their responsibilities, at the risk of public harm.”
“Consequently, it is noted that the Cabinet Secretaries for National Treasury and Economic Planning, and Investments, Trade and Industry, have sanctioned administrative action to suspend the officers pending investigations,” read part of the statement.
According to preliminary reports, The sugar consignment that consisted of 20,000 bags (each 50kgs), had been imported into the country in the year 2018 and condemned by the Kenya Bureau of Standards (KEBS) for want of expiry date specification.
The statement read,”The condition precedent to the conversion were; Involvement of all the concerned regulatory agencies; sourcing a distiller through an open and competitive tendering process; and securing the payment of applicable taxes and statutory fees.”
“It has since been established that the consignment was irregularly diverted and unprocedurally released. Further, the conditions relating to open and competitive enlisting of the distiller were breached and the applicable taxes were not paid,” they added.
The suspended include; Lt. Col (Rtd) Bernard Njiraini, the Managing Director, Dr. Geoffrey Muriira, Director Quality Assurance and Inspection , Hilda Keror, Manager Inspection, Mombasa Port Office , Liston Lagat, Assistant Manager, Inland Container Depot Nairobi (ICDN)
Rono Birgen Chief Manager, ICDN Nairobi, Stephen Owuor, Principal Officer, Peter Olima Joseph – Inspector, Mombasa,
Joseph Kaguru,Stephen Muiruri, Mwanja Masinde,Moses Okoth, Chacha Hondo, Doris Mutembei, Carol Nyagechi ,Derick Kago, George Mithamo , Joel Kirui, Bernard Ngumbi, Raphael Mwaka, Oscar Kai,Patrick Magut.
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