Kenya Airports Authority Managing Director Henry Ogoye
A committee of the National Assembly has fined the Kenya
Airports Authority Managing Director Henry Ogoye Sh500,000 for allegedly failing to
honour summons.
The Committee on Cohesion and Equal Opportunities chairperson Adan Haji said they imposed the fine on the MD after he skipped four meetings.
He had been invited to shed light on employment diversity at the state agency among other issues.
Ogoye was to appear before the committee to explain measures put in place to ensure all Kenyans have equal employment opportunities at the organisation.
"We have acted in accordance to Standing Order 191A which compels the Committee to impose a fine on such an absentee witness," said the Mandera West MP.
During the meeting chaired by Haji at Parliament Buildings on Thursday, members of the committee expressed their anger at the non-appearance.
"This is the fourth time the MD is skipping Committee meetings. We have taken stern action against him to serve as an example to other senior government officers who ignore invites by the Committee for accountability," stated Haji.
Kasipul MP Ong'ondo Were expressed anger that the MD had appeared before another committee in Parliament after skipping the Cohesion team.
"The fact that the MD has chosen to honour invites of another committee and not the Cohesion one shows he has low regard for this Committee," stated the Kaspul MP.
Kajiado North MP Onesmus Ngogoyo said the committee will not tolerate senior government officers who show disrespect to the Cohesion Committee by skipping meetings.
"Witnesses need to take serious invites by parliamentary committees. A fine on the MD should sound like a warning to others with similar characters," said Hon Ngogoyo.
The Committee has established an ethnic imbalance in employment where one community got a giant share of jobs.
It is an autonomous body established in 1991 through an Act of Parliament and is charged with an umbrella responsibility of providing and managing a coordinated system of airports in the country.
Before its formation, the former erstwhile Aerodromes Department under the Ministry of Transport and Communication handled this responsibility.