Author: Khusoko

Former Chief of Defence Forces General (Rtd) Samson Mwathethe will take charge as the chairman of Kenya Electricity Generating Company PLC (KenGen) board. He replaces Joshua Choge who has served in that position since January 3, 2014. Gen. Mwathethe retired in May this year after serving for five years as Chief of Defence Forces. He was replaced by General Robert Kibochi. “Under General Mwathethe’s leadership, KenGen is committed to strengthening its stakeholder relations as we continue to build a responsive and dynamic business that takes into account emerging technological advancements and social trends,” said Rebecca Miano, KenGen’s Managing Director and…

Kenya has been named Africa’s leading golf destination trouncing South Africa, Egypt, and Morocco at the 7th Annual World Golf Awards. Karen Country Club in Nairobi was named as the best golf course in Kenya. The Great Rift Valley Lodge and Golf Resort was named the best golf resort in Kenya. Kenya Tourism Board (KTB) CEO, Betty Radier said that the award is proof of the strides that Kenya has made in the development of golf over the years. “It is encouraging that Kenya has been able to develop golfing and now the entire world knows us as the best…

Safaricom has inducted to its board Raisibe Kgomaraga Morathi and Dilip Pal with effect from 1st November 2020 the telco said on Monday. Ms Raisibe Morathi was appointed Vodacom’s Chief Financial Officer and executive director to its board. Prior to her appointment, she was the Group Chief Finance Officer (CFO) at Nedbank since 2009. Raisibe was also the patron of Nedbank’s Women’s Forum, demonstrating her commitment to the development of women and young people.  Raisibe is a Chartered Accountant (SA) and has completed an Advanced Management Programme (AMP) with INSEAD (France). She holds a Higher Diploma in Taxation (Wits University)…

Winnie Ouko, Non-Executive Director of Absa Bank Kenya resigned from her position with effect from 30th October 2020 to focus on her career interests. She was appointed in 2014 to serve as chair of the Audit and Risk Committee. Winnie is the Director of Lattice Consulting Limited, a Kenyan corporate finance, project finance, and strategy advisory firm. She has worked with First Africa Capital (Nairobi), handling corporate finance transactions across Africa, at Standard & Poor’s carrying out credit ratings on major insurance companies in North America, with some coverage of Asian and Canadian companies, and as an auditor at Price…

Kenyan students will compete at the global finals of the Huawei Sub-Saharan Africa ICT Competition scheduled for November 2020.  The students from JKUAT, Laikipia University, Multimedia University and the University of Nairobi are competing as the Kenyan team in the competition. They were among the top eight teams from the more than 40 African teams that competed in the fierce regional competition. This year, more than 50,000 students from 14 countries in Sub-Saharan Africa participated in the Huawei ICT Competition. Over the past five years, Huawei has signed cooperation agreements with over 250 universities in 14 Sub-Saharan countries, including South Africa,…

Kakuzi Plc has appointed Nicholas Nganga as Chairman of the Board with immediate effect.  He takes over from Graham Mclean who has stepped down from the role but will remain a non-executive Director. Ng’anga served as Chairman of Safaricom, Kenya’s leading telecoms operator, from 2007 until 2020, and is current Chairman of Car & General Kenya Limited and G4S Security. Dr John Kibunga Kimani has been appointed to the Board of Kakuzi Plc as a non-executive Director with effect from 1 November 2020. Dr John Kimani has extensive experience in the agricultural sector (public and private) including planning, development and administration…