President Ruto Makes Key Government Appointments

President William Ruto has confirmed the appointment of Mama Ida Odinga as the Ambassador and Permanent Representative of Kenya to the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), following parliamentary approval. In a February 27 gazette notice, the Head of State announced several significant appointments to various government agencies and state boards, including Ida’s position. The President also named Francis Meja to lead the Public Service Commission as Chairperson for a six-year term. Beyond presidential appointments, Cabinet Secretary for National Treasury and Economic Planning John Mbadi selected Abdi Ali Mohamed to serve as a Member and Non-Executive Chairperson of the Retirement Benefits Authority Board of Directors for three years. Cabinet Secretary for Health Aden Duale appointed six individuals to the Board of Directors of the Clinical Officers Council of Kenya for a similar three-year period. The appointees include Kipkoech Geoffrey, Joseph Macharia Wachira, Shadrack M. Asena, Pauline Sirote Korere, Abdirahman Noor Mohamed, and Salma Mohamed Abdi, under multiple sections of the Clinical Officers Training, Registration and Licensing Act. Additionally, the Cabinet Secretary for Investments, Trade and Industry, Lee Kinyanjui, extended the terms of Francis Kuria Karu, Grace Nyabonyi Momanyi, and Stephen Kipkosgei Yego as Members of the National Standards Council for another three years. The Cabinet Secretary for Youth Affairs, Creative Economy and Sports, Salim Mvurya, renewed Fatma Bakari Barayan’s position as Non-Executive Chairperson of the Youth Enterprise Development Fund Board for three years. Meanwhile, Cabinet Secretary for Water, Sanitation and Irrigation Eric Muuga named Isack Abduba Fayo as a Member of the Northern Water Works Development Agency Board for three years, replacing the previously appointed Elias Shill. Cabinet Secretary for Agriculture also appointed four members to the Kenya Sugar Research and Training Institute for a three-year term. The appointees are Joseph Kiplangat Too, Frederick North-Coombes, Kizito Wangalwa, and Vasey N. Mwaja. Finally, Attorney General Dorcas Agik Oduor made two appointments to the Nairobi Centre for International Arbitration, appointing Miriam for three years while reappointing Samuel Mbiriri Nderitu for an additional three-year term.