CA director general Francis Wangusi.[Photo/Businessdaily]
The board of the Communications Authority of Kenya (CA) has on Friday evening sent director general Francis Wangusi on compulsory leave over alleged misconduct.
Wangusi was sent on leave to allow investigations into alleged malpractice in staff training and promotions at the regulator.
The board that met this evening under its chairman, Ngene Kariuki, cited human resource concerns at the CA.
The regulator, however, is yet to issue a statement on the matter.
Mr Wangusi, who was re-appointed director general for a term of four years in 2015, has been a man tasked with putting out several industry fires over the years - among them the question of Safaricom's dominance position and the CA's award of a 4G License to Jamii Telecommunications Limited (JTL).
Airtel, Kenya’s second-biggest telco after Safaricom, has in the past hit out at the sector regulator saying its failure to act on the dominance debate was hurting the smaller operators.
On the matter of Jamii Telecom's 4G License, industry players including Safaricom questioned the criteria used in the issuance, saying the move went back on earlier promises by CA to publicly auction the spectrum.