New team to drive Kenya's vision : The Standard

President Uhuru Kenyatta has appointed Safaricom Chief Executive Officer Bob Collymore to Vision 2030 Board. He will serve alongside KCB Group Chief Executive Officer Joshua Oigara, Isuzu East Africa Managing Director, Rita Kavashe and Ushahidi co-founder Juliana Rotich. Others appointed to the board include IBM East Africa General Manager Nick Nesbitt and Cooper Kenya Managing Director Mucai Kunyiha. President Kenyatta also appointed Lawyer Njoroge Mungai as the non-executive board chairperson of the Information and Communication Technology Authority.

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The head of State also appointed former Busia gubernatorial aspirant Paul Otuoma to head the Privatisation Commission. This comes at a time when the State is preparing to stake in some of the Government-owned sugar millers across the country. Peter Kaberia Nkubitu was gazetted the Kenya National Trading Corporation Board Chairperson. In other appointments gazetted on Friday, National Treasury Cabinet Secretary Henry Rotich named Ngeny Biwott and Karanja Njenga members of the Unclaimed Financial Assets Authority for three years commencing December 19. The two join Thomas Mwadeghu who was appointed a board member of the Unclaimed Financial Assets Authority for three years, in September. 

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