A man who was exposed in a BBC documentary preying on women in Kericho for tea jobs has caused a fuss online after he was elected as a Kenya Tea Development Authority (KTDA) official.
John Chebochok was exposed by BBC sex scandal expose in Kericho region where he was luring several women both married and even girls who wanted to work on the plantations.
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However, shockingly, the same man has been elected ad the KTDA director for the Tegat/ Toror tea factory in charge of Ainamoi zone. The IEBC returning officer who presided over the elections declared him the winner.
The uproar from kenyans come after Chebochok was exposed in an undercover investigation and was filmed with others and the recording released in February 2023 by BBC’s Africa Eye and Panorama while allegedly sexually preying on female workers.
Several women who are some of his victims even came out to claim they were exploited by managers, supervisors and contractors and as a result, they had contracted sexually transmitted infections including HIV/Aids.
Shockingly, Chebochok along with his co-accused were not arrested nor prosecuted as the victims did not come out to record statements, according to the police.
However, it’s still not clear how Chebochok was cleared by the Directorate of Criminal Investigations and the Ethics and Anti- Corruption Commission (EACC) to contest despite the issues raised on integrity under chapter six on leadership.
By the time of publishing this article, Chebochok was unavailable to comment on the allegations and his win despite his integrity being in question.
Kenyans have however called out institutions accusing them of supporting questionable characters to run for political seats instead of following the law.