On Friday, Kenyans woke up to news that Dr. Ezekiel Mutua had been removed as CEO of the Kenya Film Classification Board (KFCB).
This was after Makueni Senator Mutula Kilonzo Jnr tweeted that he had been unlawfully removed from the position by ICT Cabinet Secretary Joe Mucheru.
Mutua denied the reports saying that he was not aware of any such development and he was still the officer holder.
"My attention has been drawn to reports on social media to the effect that I have been fired as CEO of KFCB. PLEASE IGNORE such malicious rumours. I am not aware of such developments and there can be no grain of truth in them as there's no vacancy in the office of the CEO KFCB," said Mutua.
An internal memo dated August 6 and addressed to KFCB staff members later stated that Mr. Christopher Wambua had been appointed to the CEO position in an acting capacity, while Mutua proceeds on terminal leave pending the end of his last term at KFCB which was set for October 2021.
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In a tweet on Saturday, Ezekiel Mutua now says he has left it all to God.
He went on to appreciate his friends and family for their prayers and words of encouragement as he goes through the uncertain period.
"Dear friends & family, thank you for your prayers and the words of encouragement. I can't pick all the calls or respond to all the messages, but I deeply appreciate your prayers and goodwill. Mungu mbele!" he said.
[Dr. Ezekiel Mutua]
In another statement on Friday, Mutua said that KFCB had performed well during his tenure citing the presentation made to the ministry of ICT on Thursday where the film board performed well on all its targets.
He also talked about some of the achievements the board had made during his tenure.
"Yesterday all SAGAs under the Ministry of ICT signed the 2021/22 PC Vetting with CS Joe Mucheru as required by law. I led the KFCB team of Directors and Senior managers. From the presentation, KFCB has overperformed in all its targets for the FY 2020/21, in some instances scoring over 300%
For instance on issuance of film licenses, the Board issued over 4700 film licenses last FY. When we took over the function from DFS in 2016, the highest number of filming licenses issued was 100. Yes 100.
In some of the PC targets signed with the CS last year, KFCB had done almost 400%. The Board had over-performed in all the targets set and signed with the CS last year. None was below 100%," read part of his statement.
