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    "id": 818543,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Maara, JP",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Kareke Mbiuki",
    "speaker": {
        "id": 79,
        "legal_name": "Japhet M. Kareke Mbiuki",
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    "content": "During their presentation to the committee, the officers decried lack of proper procedure in processing their disciplinary action. They alleged that they were not given a fair hearing by the former KFS Board. They also decried the fact that the Board Chairman almost acted unilaterally in implementing the disciplinary action without a decision of the Board. It was alleged that the officers’ suspension was sanitised by subsequent board meetings which took place after they had been suspended. During the meeting with the former board members, we had an opportunity of engaging two of them and they submitted that the term of the former Forest Service Board was terminated on 31st March 2018. On human resource issues at the KFS, he stated that on 26th February 2018, the newly appointed CS of Environment and Forest Mr. Keriako Tobiko visited KFS head office. The board retreated to deliberate on HR issues at KFS and tasked the HR Committee of the board to meet and deal with the HR issues raised in their entirety. The issues of staff in question were being investigated and related to illegal logging activities in the country. The board sought to establish the culpability among the various KFS staff. The appointment of a new CS and the moratorium imposed by the Government largely informed the genesis of the investigations. The staff affected had action taken against them on 12th March 2018 and they included: Mr. Boniface Wasike Simiyu, Mr. Patrick Nyaga, Mr. Francis Kariuki among others. A meeting of the KFS full board held on 13th March 2018 asked the Chief Conservator of Forests, Mr. Emilio Mugo, to step aside and effect other changes in the management to ensure continuity despite the interdictions and compulsory leaves given to affected staff. The Human Resources Committee of the Board then conducted visits to Mt. Kenya, Eastern, Mau and the North Rift to investigate issues of illegal logging and possible involvement of KFS staff. They prepared reports which were, however, not exhaustively discussed by the full board since its term terminated on 31st March 2018. The suspensions and interdictions effected on 12th March 2018 were purely based on the personal decisions of the then board chairman, Mr. Peter Kinyua and were never endorsed by the The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposes only. Acertified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor."
}