Esther Ngari appointed KEBS acting MD in new changes after sugar scandal
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KEBS Acting Managing Director Esther Ngari. PHOTO | COURTESY
The Kenya Bureau of Standards (KEBS) on Thursday
announced the appointment of Esther Ngari as the Acting Managing Director in a
raft of new changes in senior management.
Ms. Ngari will now step into the shoes left by KEBS
boss Lt. Col (Rtd) Bernard Njiraini, who was among 27 government officials
suspended by President William Ruto on Wednesday.
Prior to her appointment to top office, Ms. Ngari
served as the State agency’s Director of Standards Development and Trade.
This will however not be her first stint as Acting
Managing Director, as she also served in the same position last year when Col (Rtd)
Njiraini’s term came to an abrupt end following then court ruling
that dismissed his appointment as being irregular.
KEBS, in a statement seen by Citizen Digital on Thursday, said
it had also resolved to replace suspended Director of Quality Assurance
and Inspection, Dr. Geoffrey Muriira, with Bernard Nguyo, also in an acting
capacity.
The State agency went ahead to announce more
changes as follows; Zachariah Lukorito (Acting Director of Standards
Development and Trade), Peter Makan (Acting Chief Manager, Quality Assurance -
Nairobi), Mutuma Muthuri (Acting Manager, Inspection - Mombasa Port Office),
and Henry Sambul (Acting Assistant Manager, Kilindini).
President Ruto on Wednesday suspended 27 government officials following the
disappearance of 20,000 bags of contaminated sugar that is suspected to have
found its way into the market despite being condemned and seized by KEBS.
The officials sent home to pave the way for
investigations are attached to KEBS, Kenya Revenue Authority (KRA), National
Police Service (NPS) and Agriculture and Food Authority (AFA).
In a statement issued on Wednesday evening, Head of
Public Service Felix Koskei announced the suspension of the said public
officers, adding that the President had been briefed on the matter, which he
termed as the “irregular and criminal release of condemned sugar that had been
earmarked for conversion into industrial ethanol.”
The KEBS officials that were affected in the
shake-up included;
1. Lt. Col
(Rtd) Bernard Njiraini - Managing Director.
2. Dr.
Geoffrey Muriira - Director of Quality Assurance and Inspection
3. Hilda
Keror - Manager Inspection, Mombasa Port Office
4. Liston
Lagat - Assistant Manager, ICDN Nairobi
5. Rono
Birgen - Chief Manager, ICDN Nairobi
6. Stephen
Owuor - Principal Officer
7. Peter
Olima Joseph - Inspector, Mombasa
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