Several Cabinet Secretaries as well as Chief Justice Martha Koome have made a series of appointments and reappointments to key public institutions.

🇰🇪 Breaking It Down

In an official gazette notice dated September 11, Interior CS Kipchumba Murkomen appointed Lorna Ogolla Omondi, daughter of the late General Francis Omondi Ogolla, who was the former Chief of Defence Forces (CDF), to the board of the National Cybersecurity Agency (NCA) for a three-year term, alongside Jerop Joy Kibor.

Koome appointed Mbaabu Kelvin Mutuma as a member of the Auctioneers Licensing Board for a three-year term effective September 7.

Prime CS Musalia Mudavadi appointed Avedi Evans Kituzi as chairperson of the Kenya National Innovation Agency, alongside Ali Nilfat Kassim, Yienga Julius, Magdaline Chepkemoi and Abass Jihan Faisal as members.

📌 What You Need to Know

The five newly gazetted appointments to the innovation agency will run for three years from September 11.

Additionally, Education CS Julius Ogamba appointed Collins Saitaga to the council of Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology (JKUAT) for a three-year term.

Ogamba also appointed Prof John Shiundu as chairperson of the Bomet University Council, alongside Emily Kwamboka Nyagarama, Rose Chepkorir, Fredrick Njoroge, Reuben C. Butaki and Amos Okello as council members.

At the Kajiado National Polytechnic, he appointed Moses Narok as non-executive chairperson of the council and revoked his earlier appointment as a council member.

In the tourism sector, CS Rebecca Miano reappointed Joseph Sarisar and Dorcas Ayoma Mbalanya to the Tourism Fund Board of Trustees for another three years.

Water CS Eric Mugaa also appointed Khadua Jimmy Kahindi as non-executive chairperson of the Coast Water Works Development Agency, revoking an earlier gazette notice issued in 2024.

📰 Source: Kenyans.co.ke