Mukumu Girls' High School chef who spoke to the media about the food poisoning saga has been fired for disobeying orders from his bosses.
Douglas Muchela is said to have been fired by the school two months ago after speaking to the journalists without the permission of the head cook and the cateress.
Speaking to the Nation, he said the board would often side with the school anytime he spoke the truth to the authorities therefore risking his job.
“The letter I was given says I did not follow orders from my bosses, the head cook and the cateress,” he said.
“I am now at home without a job and this is because I did what was necessary. I stand by the truth and what happened at Mukumu Girls' was not right, that is why I spoke about it,” Muchela said.
Muchela was left with two years before retiring prior to his sacking.
According to Muchela, the school leadership has been unwilling to pick up the issues raised for the good of the students.
He said he received two letters from the school dismissing him from the job.
Muchela noted that the head cook was also sacked with the allegations that he incited other cooks.
“How can I be influenced by someone they claim I disrespected. I still do not know my mistake and the reason as to why they let me go,” he said.
Muchela's firing comes after an outbreak that saw over 124 students hospitalised at the Kakamega County General Hospital in a suspected case of food and water poisoning.
When contacted, the Principal Jane Mbone neither confirmed nor agreed to the allegations.
She said she cannot speak on phone to answer the allegations.
In May 31, Director General of Health Patrick Amoth said the food the students consumed was contaminated with human faeces.
"The Ministry wishes to inform the general public that this disease is likely to be a mixture of E. coli and Salmonella typhi which usually occurs if water sources are contaminated with these micro-organisms," he said in a statement.
