President William Ruto and several Cabinet secretaries have made fresh appointments and reappointments to various government boards and institutions.
The appointments were announced through a Gazette Notice dated August 28, 2026, with most of the officials set to serve for three years.
President Ruto appointed Maj. Gen. (Rtd) William Karisa Shume as the Non-Executive Chairperson of the Advisory Committee on Military Veterans.
Shume will serve for a four-year term.
The President also appointed Cecilia Mbaka as the Non-Executive Chairperson of the National Board for Social Protection for a three-year term.
Prime Cabinet Secretary and Cabinet Secretary for Foreign and Diaspora Affairs Musalia Mudavadi appointed Dr Thomas Kiprono Serem as the Non-Executive Chairperson of the Board of Trustees of the National Research Fund.
Serem will serve for three years.
Mudavadi also appointed Davidson M. Mwaisaka, Dr Michael N. Walekhwa and Joel Onditi as members of the Board of the National Commission for Science, Technology and Innovation (NACOSTI).
The three will serve for a three-year term.
The Prime Cabinet Secretary further appointed Wakiuru Njuguna, Dr Fidelis Mwaka Muia, Dr Samuel Tiriongo and Prof Jane Catherina Ngila as members of the Board of Trustees of the National Research Fund.
They will also serve for three years.
Health Cabinet Secretary Aden Duale reappointed Paul Kaino Cheboi, Eunice Wangui Karanja, Hardlyne Lusui and Joseph Ouma Atonga (Eng.) as members of the Board of the Kenya Medical Training College (KMTC).
The four will serve for a further three-year term.
Cabinet Secretary for Information, Communications and the Digital Economy William Kabogo Gitau reappointed Ndungu Guchu, Jimmy Munyao Mauta and Dinah Samikwo as members of the Kenya Yearbook Editorial Board.
The officials will serve for three years.
Kabogo also appointed Mashati Meitamei as a member of the Council of the Kenya Institute of Mass Communication (KIMC), also for a three-year term.
Education Cabinet Secretary Julius Ogamba appointed Daniel Njiru Mugendi and Fred Simiyu Barasa as members of the Kenya Universities and Colleges Central Placement Service (KUCCPS) Placement Board.
They will serve for a three-year term.
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