KEMSA staff throw their bosses under the bus as they report them to RUTO over a new scandal – You won’t believe what they told the President.

 

Wednesday, October 19, 2022 – Even before President William Ruto conclusively deals with the COVID-19 Billionaire scandal at KEMSA that involved ex-President Uhuru Kenyatta, another fresh scandal has emerged at the institution.

This is after the suspended employees at the institution accused the institution’s bosses of edging out old employees for their new favourite ones. 

In a letter addressed to President William Ruto, the employees urged the head of state to intervene and reinstate them, arguing that they were victims of boardroom power play. 

A copy of the document was also sent to the CEO of the Public Service Commission and Secretary of the Cabinet nominee Mercy Wanjau and Simon Rotich, respectively. 

“Review and halt the so-called reforms, which have now been turned into a weapon against the old or long-serving employee of KEMSA,” the letter read.

The employees further lamented the monopoly from the top management in the implementation of the reforms at the institution.

One of their key grievances was that the HR systems were developed without the participation of key internal stakeholders yet used for advertising vacancies. 

KEMSA, they also argued, was spending Ksh90 million on salaries, yet the employees were somewhat idle. 

They thus asked Ruto to separate the multi-billion scandal from the HR issues which were being used to sweep the fraud and embezzlement case under the carpet. 

“The initial reforms have been hijacked and turned into a witch-hunt, meant to disadvantage long-serving employees so that cronies and friends can be appointed into the vacant positions,” the letter read on.

According to the embattled staff, Ruto’s intervention will help the institution find its place in managing health products and technologies in Kenya.