The latest round of
government jobs being dished out has seen a number of notable celebrated
personalities land quite plum jobs in areas where the country’s two most
important individuals, President Uhuru and his deputy William Ruto considered
ready for a new breathe of life.
The political
implications are quite obvious as most of these appointments are replacements
and not newly created posts. This can be termed a purge of the former regime’s
cronies from the system.
The appointments made
number over 300. Among these is the appointment of Royal Media Services’ Julie
Gichuru, Radio Africa’s Caroline Mutoko, and Royal Media Services CEO Wachira
Waruru. Wachira Waruru has been appointed to the board of the Kenya Cultural
Center where he will be joined by the celebrated thespian Ted Muthusi.
Julie Gichuru and
athletics legend Paul Tergat have been named on the board of Brand Kenya.
Tergat also gets to serve of the Tourism Finance Corporation board of
directors. Caroline Mutoko has been appointed to serve on the board of Kenya
Institute of Mass Communication where she will be joined by another media
personality Farida Karoney from Citizen TV.
Other notable
appointees KCB’s CEO Joshua Oigara and Safaricom CEO Bob Collymore have been
appointed to the Vision 2030 Delivery Board where they will be joined up with
Juliana Rotich the young innovator celebrated for her role in the development
of the Ushahidi open source software program.
Chris Kirubi’s
daughter Maryanne Kirubi Musangi a banker and Chase Bank executive Paul Njaga
have been appointed to the Betting Control and Licensing Board
Source: Niaje
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