IEBC Chairman Chebukati has written to the DPP and EACC to take action against sacked CEO Ezra Chiloba over ‘misappropriation’ of funds following an audit.
According to Chebukati, those “who are involved in any misdeals must be held accountable. Be it any staff or myself, they must be brought to book. Such people do not deserve to be called Kenyans, in fact, they must rot in jail.”
“This is why the CEO was fired and we want to reiterate that as a commission we are not asleep as many have been made to believe. We shall not be distracted. It is true we are not 100 per cent accurate but we shall not just sit as public funds are embezzled,” he said.
Chiloba was fired on Friday saying that that it was not a surprise to him as his fate had been sealed and the investigation was done as only a ‘formality’.
The Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC) Chairman Wafula Chebukati on Saturday said that the commission’s CEO Ezra Chiloba was fired for gross misconduct.
In a statement, Chebukati noted that Chiloba was in “breach and violation of the Commission’s Human Resource and Administration policies as well as other relevant legislation left the Commission with no option other than to terminate his employment contract.”
Termination of Mr Ezra Chiloba's employment contract pic.twitter.com/YPIey4sryA
— IEBC (@IEBCKenya) October 13, 2018
“In tandem with fair administrative action, the Commission subsequently invited Chiloba to appear before the Disciplinary Committee so as to provide responses to the charges leveled against him. He, however, twice failed to honor the summons,” Chebukati’s statement reads in part.
“I received the employment termination letter signed by the Chairman about an hour ago. The letter claims that I had twice been invited to appear before the disciplinary committee of the Commission, but I failed to show up; hence the decision to terminate my employment,” stated a disgruntled Chiloba.
Announcing my firing! pic.twitter.com/iGFwGm8p8a
— Ezra Chiloba (@ezraCHILOBA) October 12, 2018
But the sacked CEO on Friday defended himself saying that that at the time of the summons, he was away attending classes at the University of Oxford, where he is pursuing an MSc in Major Programme Management.
On Saturday, the electoral body’s chairman stood by their decision noting that Chiloba was in “breach and violation of the Commission’s Human Resource and Administration policies as well as other relevant legislation left the Commission with no option other than to terminate his employment contract.”