Five top supervisors of Kipkebe Tea Company in Borabu constituency have been sacked by the company’s management following allegations that they impregnated school girls at separate incidents.
This comes a day after parents from the company; mostly workers, raised their concern about justice on the five affected children, majority who have since dropped out of Kipkebe primary school.
But on Wednesday, the Company’s Operations Manager Ndung’u Kinyanjui announced sacking of the accused individuals after ‘detailed investigations’, besides announcing that the benefits of the accused would go to the affected families.
“Nobody supports sex with under age children and the company had to act after detailed investigations. We summoned the accused persons and gave them a fair hearing and apparently all of them admitted the mistake after we had hinted of subjecting them to DNA test,” he said.
Mr. Ndung’u warned the company’s workers of engaging themselves in illicit sex with underage children whose parents work in the company, besides pleading with parents to teach their children good morals.
“We have been handling such cases and time has come for us to act. Whoever thinks that he can lure young girls to sex is mistaken. The company will sack those culpable of the offense. Parents must also teach their children good morals,” he added.
The list of the affected individuals was kept a top secret, with Mr. Ndung’u hinting that the accused had been served with termination of contract letters after the company had agreed to conceal their identity, a move that elicited dissatisfaction from workers.
“The company should have exposed the names of these workers for us to believe. How else can someone authenticate the information we are getting?” asked Mr. Peter Onyamo.