New Appointees Take Seats on Key Health Boards in Cabinet Shake‑up

Health Cabinet Secretary Aden Duale has appointed new members to several statutory boards, including the Kenya Board of Mental Health and the Pharmacy and Poisons Board, moves expected to influence regulation and oversight across clinical and pharmaceutical services. The Gazette notice lists experts from psychiatry, pharmacy and public health whose mandates include strengthening licensing, improving regulatory compliance and fast‑tracking reforms meant to expand access to safe medicines. Observers say the appointments arrive amid heightened scrutiny of medical supply chains and growing investment in mental health services. Stakeholders urged the new boards to prioritise transparency, stakeholder engagement and quick action on unresolved procurement disputes that have disrupted supplies to county hospitals.