“I Have Written More Than 300 Editorials…This Is Just Political and Business Expediency” Fired Nation Editor Speaks Up

After spending some time in the cold waiting for the outcome of the investigations following his suspension, he is now confined to the cold permanently following his unceremonious sacking.

Having been quite quiet as investigations went on, the editor has now spoken on the circumstances surrounding his sacking. He started first by announcing his sacking bluntly on his twitter account saying;

“Just been fired over the editorial I wrote in the Saturday Nation on January 2. http://www.nation.co.ke/oped/Editorial/Mr-President-get-your-act-together-this-year/-/440804/3018414/-/pwgeuq/-/index.html…“

Later he also confirmed what many had thought was the reason behind his sacking…that is the NMG did it to protect their business interests and also the hand of powerful political forces.

Speaking to Capital News, the sacked editor dismissed the existence of an elaborate procedure as alleged by his boss at the time of his suspension noting he had written numerous editorials using the same process he had used in penning this one.

The official reason for his sacking is that he had failed to follow established procedure when writing the article.

“I have written more than 300 editorials for the Nation, in none of them was I asked to consult anyone; this is a case of political and business expediency.” Galava.