Getting "Operation not permitted" on a launch agent

Hi,
I just recently upgraded to OS X Mavericks (10.9.1) from 10.7.5. Previously, I had this plist file in my /Library/LaunchDaemons directory …
          <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
          <!DOCTYPE plist PUBLIC "-//Apple//DTD PLIST 1.0//EN" "http://www.apple.com/DTDs/PropertyList-1.0.dtd">
          <plist version="1.0">
          <dict>
                  <key>Disabled</key>
                  <false/>
                  <key>Label</key>
                  <string>MemCache</string>
                  <key>ProgramArguments</key>
                  <array>
                          <string>sudo</string>
                          <string>-u</string>
                          <string>davea</string>
                          <string>memcached</string>
                          <string>-vvv</string>
                          <string>></string>
                          <string>/Users/davea/memcached.log</string>
                          <string>2>&1</string>
                  </array>
                  <key>RunAtLoad</key>
                  <true/>
          </dict>
          </plist>
everything was working fine before the upgrade, but after the upgrade, the process fails to start with the error, “Operation not permitted. An attempt was made to perform an operation limited to processes with appropriate privileges or to the owner of a file or other resources.”
What do I need to do differently above to heal the pain?
Thanks, -

The interpreter is the thing that comes after "#!"; in your case, /bin/bash. Are you able to open a shell in Terminal? If so, what is your shell, and what do you get from
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