Former IEBC Chair Issack Hassan
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President William Ruto has nominated a number of individuals to serve in key leadership roles within various constitutional commissions and state agencies.
In a communiqué from the Head of Public Service Felix Koskei, it is announced that Ruto has nominated Ahmed Issack Hassan, the former chair of the Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC), as the new Chairperson of the Independent Policing Oversight Authority (IPOA). This nomination will now be submitted to Parliament for approval and subsequent appointment.
"In the transitions arising from vacancies within Constitutional Commissions and other State Agencies, His Excellency the President has today, in exercise of the prerogative vested in the Head of State and Government, nominated persons for appointment to various public offices," Koskei's communiqué reads in part.
Alongside Hassan's nomination, Koskei reveals that Ruto has also put forward the names of Ann Wanjiku Mwangi, Dr. Micah Onyiego Nyakego, Boniface Kipkemoi Samati, Dr. Annette Mbogoh, John Muchiri Nyaga, Kenwilliams Nyakomitah, and Jackline Lukalo Mwenesi to serve as members of the IPOA board.
Furthermore, the President has nominated Charles Orinda Dulo as Chairperson of the Commission on Administrative Justice (CAJ), with former Starehe MP Charles Njagua Kanyi and Dorothy Jemator Kimengech nominated as members of the CAJ board. Ruto has also proposed Sammy Chepkwony for the position of Chairperson at the Salaries and Remuneration Commission (SRC), and nominated Retired Maj. Gen. Martin Kizito Ong'oyi, Mohamed Aden Abdi, Jane Gatakaa Njage, Leonid Ashindu, Dr. Gilda Odera, and Dr. Geoffrey Apollo Omondi to serve on the SRC board.
Additionally, the President has nominated former Isiolo Woman Representative Rehema Dida Jaldesa to chair the National Gender and Equality Commission, with Michael Mbithuka Nzomo nominated to join the agency's board as a member. Finally, Ruto has put forward the name of Gerald Nyoma Arita for the position of Deputy Governor at the Central Bank of Kenya.