Ruto Makes Fresh Appointments Including Peter Kenneth & Mwangi wa Iria

President William Ruto has appointed former presidential hopeful Peter Kenneth and former Murang’a Governor Mwangi wa Iria in the latest government changes.

In a notice on Friday, President Ruto appointed former Gatanga MP Kenneth as the chairperson of the Kenya Bureau of Standards (KEBS) National Standards Council.

Ruto also appointed Mwangi-wa-Iria as the chairperson of the Public Procurement Regulatory Board.

Another appointment made in the notice signed by the Principal Administrative Secretary to the Head of Public Service, Arthur Osiya, is the Noor Yaror Gabow, who has been handed the role of Consular General for the yet-to-be-established Consulate in Haiti.

Ruto also appointed Gerald Nyaoma Arita as the Deputy Governor of the Central Bank of Kenya.

Also in a flurry of appointments on Friday, Ruto appointed four members to his office. Professor Adams G.R. Oloo will henceforth serve as an advisor for strategy and communication and Dr Silvester Okumu Kasuku as a governance Advisor.

Others are Major (Rtd) Ali Mahat Somane as an advisor on security affairs in the Office of the National Security Advisor and Joe Owaka Ager as the Secretary of Governance.

“The appointments within the Executive Office of the President seek to augment the complement of personnel supporting the Head of State and Government in fulfilling the profound mandate vested in the nation’s foremost office,” reads part of the notice.

The Head of State also tapped Bruno Oguda Obodha as the Managing Director of the Eat African Portland Cement Company PLC and Douglas Murei Kaibos as the CEO of Central Rift Valley Water Works Development Agency.

“These appointments have been made based on the recommendations of the Public Service Commission and in line with the laws governing each public office, as applicable,” reads part of the notice.

Earlier on Friday, Prime Cabinet Secretary Musalia Mudavadi announced that the government will be setting up a consulate in Haiti.

Mudavadi revealed that Kenya plans to open a consulate in Port-au-Prince, Haiti’s capital, next year. This announcement follows the normalisation of diplomatic ties between Kenya and Haiti, which occurred 15 months ago.

The posting of Gabow as the first Consular General is no surprise, as the former Deputy Inspector General (DIG) of the Administration Police Service (APS) oversaw the first deployment of Kenyan police in June.