By Reporter
Division has emerged at the Nairobi Water and Sewerage Company board of directors over the recently advertised senior positions.
The recruitment process was conducted by a reputable firm, Wise Lead Consultants Limited, went through a duly competitive process and met the requirements before the award.
A section of board members wants the report by the consultant, which conducted recruitment, adopted while another group wants the positions re-advertised.
The Water and Sewerage Company had advertised the position of Director, Company Secretary and Legal Services, Director, Internal Audit and Risk Management and Commercial Director.
The consultant recently conducted the interviews and submitted the names of the successful candidates for appointment, but some directors were allegedly enraged when their candidates failed to make it to the final list.
Sources also revealed that some powerful people around Governor Johnson Sakaja were also rattled by the list and want the governor to nullify the list and have the positions re-advertised.
It is alleged that the team around the governor had usurped their power and presented a list to the governor with names in favour of their preferred candidates, and the list was not from the consultant.
When the consultant presented his report to the board, the names of the candidates who had qualified and declined attempts to have him change the list.
Sources revealed that he declined because he didn’t want to be an accomplice to the unethical and unprofessional conduct.
From our reliable source, some of the internal staff were also given opportunities to attend the interview, but they did not meet the threshold.
Already, the board is split right in the middle, and interested parties have also ganged up to have the positions re-advertised.
This board is being forced to re-advertise these positions just because some members and the people around the governor were allegedly compromised but have not delivered just because they were unable to arm-twist the consultant.
From our reliable source, other members of the board are not for the idea of re-advertising the positions because it will come with complications and damages if the matter is not handled in a “Solomonic wisdom” way.
