Nyamira County Governor, Amos Nyaribo has named his proposed cabinet members and chief officers for vetting and approval by Members of the County Assembly.
The governor told the press when naming the nominees on Tuesday that he was guided by the three factors of performance competence, regional balance, and the one-third gender rule when selecting the nominees.
“I retained three County Executive Committee (CEC) members and eight chief officers from the last administration to ensure institutional continuity. Further, the old cabinet members and chief officers will steer the new nominees in the right direction”, elaborated the Governor.
“I’m optimistic that the nominees will pass the litmus test of vetting at the county assembly so that they can immediately embark on implementing my campaign manifesto to the people of Nyamira County,” he remarked.
The three nominees who bounced back to Nyaribo’s list are; Emily Ongaga in Finance/ICT and Economic planning, Dr Grace Nyamongo in Youths/Gender/Sports/Culture and Social Services and Jones Omwenga in Public Works/Roads and Transport.
New cabinet nominees are John Matiang’i in Environment/water/Mining and natural resources, Dr Geofrey Nyakoe in Public service management, Alice Manoti in Agriculture/livestock and Fisheries, Dr Timothy Ombati in Health services, Bernard Maina in Trade/Tourism/Industry and Cooperative development, Stephen Oboso in Lands/Housing and Physical Planning and Kennedy Angwenyi in Education and vocational training.
The governor clarified that the post of chief officer for the department of medical services will be re-advertised because it lacked a suitable applicant.
The proposed chief officers include Josphat Gori for Lands/Housing and Urban Planning, Dominic Barare for Finance and accounting services, Josphat Oruru for Public Works/Roads and transport, Azenath Kenyanya for Economic Planning, Resource Mobilization and ICT, and Zipporah Orina for Gender/Youths and Social Services.
“In my list of nominees I have considered the youth for both cabinet and chief officer positions who conspicuously missed out in my former cabinet. However, we don’t have a suitable nominee from Persons Living With Disability (PLWD) but we will definitely consider them in other appointments because there are other unfilled vacancies and therefore there should be no cause for alarm,” Nyaribo assured.
By Deborah Bochere
