Must be a Juicy Back Story on this One

In spite of incessant corruption allegations against former Vice Chairman of the defunct National Transitional Government of Liberia, Wesley M. Johnson, President Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf has finally commissioned him as Liberia's Ambassador to the United Kingdom.

What's that management/HR technique called, the one for when you can't fire someone for whatever reason, so you just stick them in some job where they're guaranteed not to do much damage? Still looks crappy, though, and the papers are right to question it.