“We Do Not Give You The Option To Resign,” Bob Collymore On Fired Safaricom Employees

With the high level of economic crime in the cooperate world, one would think twice before giving out confidential information to their staff members.

It so happens that the person you trusted the most to observe ethics and professionalism would fall short of your expectation.

The business daily recently reported that the leading communication giant, Safaricom, has sacked 56 employees after conducting investigations based on fraud and asset misappropriation.

According to the business daily, Safaricom said it conducted 32 audit reviews in the period, three of which were special requests from management.

The paper also reports that “The investigations covered various frauds, including asset misappropriation, fraudulent expense claims and corruption cases.”

Safaricom also issued 16 employees with warning letters while seven were reported to law enforcement agencies.

Speaking against the vice, Safaricom CEO Bob Collymore said that “We do not give you the option to resign when we fire you and if there is enough evidence we take you to court. We take ethics and corruption very seriously,”

He further added that “Whether you have stolen a hundred shillings or a hundred thousand shillings, or if you have disclosed a customer’s data, fraud is fraud. We have let people go.”

One would be tempted to ask, why would this happen to a big and reputable company like Safaricom?

Why would their employees resort to stealing from their customers? Are they not paid well enough?

“I am glad that Safaricom has at long last listened to its customers and solved the matter,” opines Shadrack Saola, a hotelier in town.

“People have been complaining about this for ages so we can only hope to never fall prey to conmen again courtesy of Safaricom employees,” he concludes.

“I was conned of almost 40,000 shillings two years ago and I cannot forget what I went through. To top it all the money was not even mine but from a women’s investment group,” laments Viola Oyugi, a house wife in Nairobi.

“The person who conned me used a Safaricom number and upon reporting him to the firm’s headquarters, nothing was done yet.

After this announcement I am very sure that its employees collaborated with the cons to rob me of my hard earned money,” she says.

“From cases of deducting client’s credit to things they have not subscribed to, I don’t trust this company and their employees so much,” says Maximilla Musunga.

“It has nothing to do with the employees’ payment because the company makes millions of profits year in year out. Some people just lack integrity that’s all.”

She further suggests that “Other corporates should also follow suit and get rid of dishonest employees because hiding them will just give room to exploit hardworking Kenyans further.

If employees are capable of doing this, then how safe are our pin numbers and confidential information that we normally hand over?” she asks.

Do you agree with Safaricom’s decision to fire its employees in an effort to weed out fraudulent deals?

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