Kenya President Ruto announces several new state appointments

President William Ruto has announced several key state appointments in Kenya. Dr. Duncan Oburu Ojwang has been appointed as the Chairperson of the Independent Policing Oversight Authority for a non-renewable six-year term. Ojwang succeeds Justice Ahmed Issack Hassan and was cleared by the National Assembly Departmental Committee on Administration and Internal Security following a recruitment process that faced scrutiny from the Law Society of Kenya.

Additionally, retired Major General William Karisa Shume has been appointed as the Non-Executive Chairperson of the Advisory Committee on Military Veterans for a four-year term. Cecilia Mbaka has been named the Non-Executive Chairperson of the National Board for Social Protection, a role she will hold for three years.

Other appointments include Thomas Kiprono Serem as Non-Executive Chairperson of the Board of Trustees of the National Research Fund, and Davidson Mwaisaka, Michael Walekhwa, and Joel Onditi as members of the Board of the National Commission for Science, Technology and Innovation.