David Ichoho, the chairman Kenya Tea Development Authority has embarked on serious witch-hunt at the headquarters. Ichoho is also accused of sexual exploits together with a section of his administration.
Already former directors and several senior employees have been sent home after the chairman cracked the whip. They are being replaced without due diligence process being followed but purely based on nepotism, sex exploits advances and tribalism
Recently, a fight over the control of the agency erupted after former board members and employees forcefully gained entry into its headquarters. The officials were led by former KTDA chairman Peter Kanyago were kicked out last year as part of state-backed reforms.
Ichoho said to have loose zip has taken powers of agency CEO and even in a statement claimed the agency had sent home eight senior employees who colluded with the former directors.
KTDA which has 54 factories under its control has for decades represented smallholder tea farmers, initially as a government agency and later as an entity owned by the farmers through the tea factory firms.
Weekly Citizen has information, the looting at KTDA is back with Ichoho and his team hiding its operations and fooling farmers.
Ichoho is the chairman, Wesley Koech vice chairman, Wilson Muthaura CEO, James Mwangi (director), Godffrey Chege Kirundi (director), Michael Ngatia (director) John Wasusuna (director), Enos Njeru (director), Baptista Muriki (director), Eric Chepwokony (director), Mose Magenya (director). Ombasa Omweno (director), Abungana Khasani (director), Simeon Rugut (director) and Mathews Odero (company secretary).
Word has it, directors from other regions are at war with thosefrom Mount Kenya region. The Mount Kenya directors openly boast of using deputy president Rigathi Gachagua to help them remain in power. Infact, it is said, Chege Kirundi for years who fought legal battles with former KTDA bosses led by Kanyago is the defacto head of happenings at KTDA. The current CEO and Ichoho are just robots.
Insiders say millions cannot be accounted for with Ichoho and his team hiring choppers to crisscross the country visiting factories and flying slayqueens to Mombasa whenever on tour.
The cartel controls the finance, human resource, procurement, operations, sales and audit departments.
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