CJ Koome, CSs Duale, Wandayi and Kinyanjui Make New Govt Appointments

Chief Justice Martha Koome has made a series of appointments, reappointments and revocations in the latest Kenya Gazette issue.
Firstly, the CJ extended the appointment of members to the National Council on the Administration of Justice (NCAJ) Standing Committee on Court Users for another period of three years.
“The Terms of Reference for the Committee remain the same. In discharge of its mandate, the Committee may, on a need basis, identify and invite relevant technical expert(s) on a specific issue or agenda,” the notice read in part.
Additionally, Koome appointed Catherine Mburu (Judiciary), Maureen Wangari Maina (IPOA) and Mirriam Wachira (Justice Nest) to join the committee and revoked the 2022 appointment of Justice Emily Ominde.
In the NCAJ Working Committee on Information, Communication and Technology (ICT), Koome extended their tenure for another three years, appointed Bridgitte Ndong, Sammy Linus, Evelyn Wambui Mwangi and Hezekiah Aseso Omollo to join the committee and revoked the appointment of  Rose Mosero, Nyanje K. Kitsao, Andrew Opiyo and Stardust Mwende.
The tenure of the NCAJ Working Committee on Review of Laws on Sexual Offences and Gender-Based Violence (SGBV) was also extended, alongside three more appointments: Lydia Mulei, Phylis Muriuki and Ann Wanjiku Mwangi and two more revocations of Armstrong Rotich, John Ngugi and Fatuma Mohammed.
The NCAJ Standing Committee on the Administration of Justice for Children will remain the same for the next three years.
The Committee on Traffic Reforms has received a new appointment of Evelyn Wambui Mwangi to serve the rest of its tenure, but Andrew Opiyo’s 2024 appointment has been revoked.
Lastly, the tenure of the Civil Justice Reforms committee has been extended for three more years and received three appointments: Janet Kungu, Ernest Kioko and Doreen M. Ndemo. The appointment of Sylvia Yiantet Kooke has been revoked.
Leading the Cabinet Secretaries in new appointments is the Energy Cabinet Secretary, Opiyo Wandayi, who appointed Simon Anthony Njuguna to be a member of the Energy and Petroleum Regulatory Authority for three years, revoking the appointment of Anthony Gachau Mbuthia.
Health Cabinet Secretary Aden Duale, on his end, appointed Salome Owuonda to be a Member of the Board of Directors of the Kenya Institute of Primate Research for three years.
Lee Kinyanjui, the Investments, Trade and Industry CS, made the largest number of appointments in the latest Gazette Notice, appointing a 78-member team to be inspectors for purposes of the Standards Act.