Ruto continues purge as he fires 15 Uhuru’s appointees
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Ruto makes a significant shake-up in the state corporations' leadership as he fires Uhuru's appointees
Ruto makes a significant shake-up in the state corporations’ leadership as he fires Uhuru’s appointees.
In an effort to reform the government and fill positions with people who share his goals, President William Ruto has continued to oust Uhuru Kenyatta’s loyalists from a number of parastatals.
The President of State revoked the nomination of Prof. Fredrick Owino and appointed former Sylvanus Maritim to serve as non-executive chairperson of the Information and Communications Technologies Authority for a three-year term in a Gazette notice dated February 24.
Mr. Maritim lost to Benjamin Lang’at during the United Democratic Alliance (UDA) nominations of April 2022.
Ruto has also canceled the appointment of Wanjiku Wakogi as the Secretary State Corporations Advisory Committee (SCAC), with Muyumba Simmon Indimuli taking over for a period of three years.
Ms. Wakogi was last week appointed to be a member of the technical committee which is the second tier of the presidential task force set to establish a National Lottery to oversee structures and systems in the country’s gaming industry.
Ruto has also made changes in the Capital Market Authority (CMA), firing Nick Nesbitt who was appointed by Uhuru Kenyatta to bring Ugas Mohamed on board as chairperson.
The CMA has also gotten new board members with the exit of John Kipkosgei Birech, Freshia Mugo Waweru, Mark Bichachi, Eli Kamau, and Peter Mungai.
They have been replaced by Natasha Awuor Aduwo,
Elena Natalia Pellegrini, Meshack Moses Kiprono, Gibson Kimani Maina, and Michael Bowen.
Noticeable in the latest State appointments are the chairperson of Talai Council of Elders, Reverend James Bassy, who led Ruto’s coronation as the political kingpin of Kalenjins instead of Kanu chairman Gideon Moi.
There is also John Seii, former chairperson of the Myoot Council of Elders.
The two have been appointed as members of the Kenya Cultural Centre Council for a period of two years.
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Other Parastatals whose boards have been shaken up include the Communication Authority of Kenya (CA), where ICT Cabinet Secretary Eliud Owalo has revoked the appointments of Mahmoud Mohamed Noor, Paul Muraguri Mureithi, Jackson Kiprotich Kemboi, and Laura Chite and replaced them with Bhoke Christine Nchama, Esther Njoki Njoroge, Mgeni Mboto Hassan, Joel Nyambane Okengo, Eric Langat, Alex Wafula Wamalwa and Nicholas Kamuya Ng’arua.
The National Campaign Against Drug Abuse Authority (Nacada) has not been left out of the shake-up, with former Emgwen MP Elijah Lagat appointed a member alongside Ali Swaleh Nyamai, Ann Njeri Mathu, Fredrick Ngugi, and Lucia Nzoongo leading to the firing of John K. Cheruiyot, Alice Wanjira Mutuma and George Ogalo.
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