There was an uproar from Kenyans a few weeks ago when President Uhuru Kenyatta gave former Vice President Moody Awori a job on his 91st birthday. In his defense, the head of state said it was better to work with an old man because the youth are stealing public money with impunity.
Well, Uhuru has now gone a step further and is now dishing out jobs to political rejects and other rich Kenyans who don’t really need this jobs. Or maybe he is quoting the Bible where they say aliyo nayo ataongezewa.
In the spirit of aliyo nayo ataongezewa, Uhuru has appointed former Funyula MP Paul Otuoma as the chairperson of the Privatisation Commission for a period of three years. Otuoma is a political reject who lost the Busia gubernatorial election.
In a gazette notice dated December 14, Uhuru said the appointment will take effect from the December 19, 2018. He also appointed Njoroge Mungai to be the non executive chairperson of the board of the ICT up to April 17, 2021 with effect from December 14.
Peter Nkubitu was appointed to be the chairperson of the board of the Kenya national trading corporation for a period of three years with effect from December 14.
The president further appointed Safaricom CEO Bob Collymore, Juliana Rotich, Rita Kavashe, Nick Nesbit and Muchai Kunyiha to be members of the Kenya Vision 2030 Delivery board.
They were appointed for a period of three years with effect from December 13.
In the same notice, Interior CS Fred Matiang’i appointed Mary Ndiba, nominated MP Maina Kamanda and Joseph Too to be members of the NGO Coordination Board for three years with effect from December 19.
Treasury CS Henry Rotich appointed Edwin Cheruiyot Rotich to be a member of the board of the Retirement Benefits Authority for a period of three years from December 19th.
Rotich also appointed Simon Bunei to be a board member of the Kenya Post Office Savings Bank for three years effective December 19. Richard Oduor Okoth, Mary Lonyagapuo, Susan Muriungi and Caxton Munyoki were appointed to be members of the board of Kenya National Bureau of Statistics for three years effective December 19.