Suspended Kenya Forest Service (KFS) officers have claimed that they were illegally hounded out of office by new Environment CS Keriako Tobiko.
According to the officers Tobiko and KFS board chairperson Peter Kinyua are responsible for their troubles.
Appearing before the Parliamentary Committee on Environment chaired by Maara MP Kareke Mbiuki on Thursday, the officers shocked MPs with claims that Tobiko and Kinyua “conspired at night to send them home.”
Led by the Chief Conservator of Forest (CCF) Emilio Mugo, they alleged that their sacking was nonprocedural adding that they were never even given a chance to defend themselves.
The employees, who literary broke down, told the legislators that they have suffered since then and their efforts to find out the reason behind their dismissal have been futile.
They claimed that Kinyua sanctioned their dismissal yet he has no powers to do so as the law only permits the Chief Conservator of Forests (CCF) to ask them to step aside once investigations have been done.In particular, Mugo told the members that the process leading to their suspension was totally flawed as Kinyua did not follow the laid down procedure.