Sony Sugar Board chairman Charles Owino has accused some local politicians of hiring goons to protest on Monday on pretext they were Sony Sugar Company employees.
Owino who was speaking on Tuesday after sending managing director Bernard Otieno on a Compulsory leaver over claims of embezzlement of funds asked local Politicians to go slow on the strike of Sony Sugar employees.
“We are asking politicians from this region to go slow on this issue. We want calm as we look for the way forward,” he said.
However, the Kenya Union of Sugar Plantation and Allied Workers deputy secretary General John Ogutu said in meeting held on Monday evening the Sony Sugar MD Mr Otieno and Acting Finance manager Peter Otieno should be investigated.
“In an agreement with the board of directors yesterday the two are to be investigated for the mismanagement of the sugar factory,” said Mr Ogutu on the phone.