Ex-Raila's aide and Julius Karangi join Uhuru's Government in latest appointments [LIST]

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June 7, 2018 8:33 AM

KNUT's Mudzo Nzili has also been handed a new job.

President Uhuru Kenyatta on Wednesday evening through a Gazette Notice appointed 106 Kenyans to fill various vacancies in State Parastatals, among them former Raila Odinga’s aide, Caroli Omondi and Retired General Julius Karangi.

Caroli Omondi was picked to the Board of National Oil Corporation of Kenya as a member for a period of three years, while Rtd Karangi was picked as Chairperson of the Kenya Ports Authority Board, for a period of three years.

Karangi retired from the Kenya Defence Forces on May 4, 2015 after 42 years of service.

Retired President Mwai Kibaki’s daughter Judith Wanjiku Kibaki is to serve as a board member of the Kenya Investment Authority.

Other key beneficiaries of Uhuru’s appointments are former Isiolo Governor Doyo Godana who has been named to be the Non-Executive Chairperson of the Moi Teaching and Referral Hospital Board (Eldoret), Mr Joseph Kibwana to be the Chairperson of the Kenya Ports Authority Board.

Former Mombasa County Jubilee gubernatorial candidate Suleiman Shabhal has been picked by the President Chairperson of the Board of the Kenya Trade Network Agency, while Mudzo Nzili, the chairman of Kenya National Union of Teachers (KNUT) has been picked to be the Non-Executive Chairperson of the National Irrigation Board (NIB) up to the 9th of January, 2020.

The late William Ole Ntimama’s son Amos Ntimama was picked to be a member of the Board of Directors of the Kenya Deposit Insurance Corporation, for a period of three (3) years, with effect from the 6th June, 2018.

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Former IEBC vice chairperson Lilian Mahiri-Zaja alongside Eng. Samuel Mugo has been picked as Commissioners of the Energy Regulatory Commission, for a period of three years.

Former Kwale Women Rep Zainabu Chidzuka, who failed to defend her seat on Jubilee ticket last year, has been picked as a member to the National Irrigation Board, for a period of three years. She has been picked alongside Grace Kiptui, Wambui Nyutu, Stanley Ntutu, Francis Gichohi (Arch.) and Eng. Japheth Rutere.

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