Mumias Sugar Boss sent on compulsory leave

Mumias Sugar Company chief executive Patrick Chebosi has been sent on a compulsory leave.

This come as the troubled miller is anticipated to retrench 900 workers in February.

Mr Chebosi has headed the ailing company for only seven months after taking over its leadership on June 2018 from Nashon Aseka.

The Mumias miller boss was sent on the leave through unclear circumstances.

In June 2017, Mr Aseka succeeded Errol Johnson who ran away from the country claiming that his life was in danger.

The former chief security officer at the company, Isaac Sheunda, will act in capacity until a fit candidate is hired for the position.

Confirming the appointment, the company’s board chairman Dr Kennedy Ngumbau said that they want to improve service delivery at the company.

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“We shall  re-organize the management structure of Mumias Company following a recent audit carried out. We want to focus in making the company profitable in a period of six months by increasing its efficiency,” said Dr Ngumbau.

The millers owes about sh2.7 billion to cane deliveries, suppliers and tenders.

With over 1500 workers, 900 will be sent home at a cost of Sh400 million in order to control its wage bill that is estimated to be Sh40 million a month.