Former Governor Tunai, ex-CS Farida Karoney land State jobs in fresh Ruto appointments

President William Ruto has made new appointments to his government, according to a gazette notice seen by Citizen Digital dated August 23, 2024.

In the appointments, President Ruto picked former Lands Cabinet Secretary Farida Karoney to chair the National Lottery Board for a period of three years, with immediate effect.

He also appointed former Narok Governor Samuel Tunai to be the Chairperson of the Board of Directors of the Kenya Medical Supplies Authority (KEMSA).

Tunai now comes in to take over the position from Irungu Nyakera, whose appointment is hereby revoked, and will serve for a three-year term starting immediately.

The President, in turn, moved Nyakera to the Kenyatta International Convention Centre (KICC) where he will serve as Chairperson of the Board of Directors for three years.

In so doing, the Head of State effectively revoked the prior appointment of Adelina Mwau to the same position.

Lands, Public Works, Housing and Urban Development Cabinet Secretary Alice Wahome also made an appointment within the same gazette notice.

CS Wahome named Prof. Jeremiah Nyabuti Ayonga as a member of the Physical Planners Registration Board for a period of three years.

The fresh appointments come after President Ruto had made earlier ones, in which he presumably brought his allies from theproverbial political cold and back into the warm embers of government.

The Head of State appointed former ICT CS Eliud Owalo as his Deputy Chief of Staff in charge of Performance and Delivery Management, and ex-Public Service minister Moses Kuria as a Senior Advisor in his Council of Economic Advisors.

He further named prominent digital strategist Dennis Itumbi as the Head of Creative Economy and Special Projects in the Executive Office of the President.