NAIROBI — Kenya Rugby Union (KRU) chairperson Harriet Okach has revealed the Directorate of Felony Investigations (DCI) luxuriate in begun to tag into allegations of monetary misappropriation within the body.
Okatch says the company luxuriate in sought needed documents to abet their investigations besides summoning KRU CEO, Thomas Odundo.
“That (misappropriation of funds) already got DCI involved and that is not coming from us. We were summoned as KRU and asked to submit documents for specific periods. Those documents were submitted in person and different people have been called from the board…starting with the CEO,” the chair acknowledged.
The revelation came amid a storm on the union, starting with the resignation of Alexander ‘Sasha’ Mutai because the chair for the duration of a outlandish not recent meeting (SGM) on Could well perhaps 30 on the RFUEA Grounds.
This used to be adopted by the appointment of Okach as modern boss, marking a ancient milestone because the first female to proceed the native governing body for the sport.
Nonetheless, the storm has not subsided, what with varied stakeholders expressing arouse on the fixed wrangling that has affected the union true when it used to be rising from the ashes.
The liberate of a sequence of dossiers by whistleblower Nelson Amenya – by ability of his X sage – indicating that varied contributors of the board are engaged in illegal dealing has added gasoline to the fireplace on the ‘container’.
The fury notwithstanding, Okach says they’re going to cooperate with DCI to scheme certain a conclusive discontinue to the topic.
“We are just waiting…whoever they need they’ll call. Whatever document they’ve needed they’ve been given…and we’ll continue cooperating with them,” she acknowledged.
The modern chair used to be also compelled to delve into the resignation of one of the board contributors, Nisha van Hoek – who used to be the director to blame of media and communications.
“I don’t think we should really call that a resignation because that was a co-opted member with a term limit of two years. Yes, the letter that was leaked indicated that she had resigned but the truth is she was letting us know that her term has lapsed,” Okach acknowledged.
The chair indicated that a brand modern non-executive director will be named as soon because the board convenes.
