Friday, January 20, 2023 –Roads and Transport Cabinet Secretary Kipchumba Murkomen has fired entire board at Kenya Ports Authority KPA.
Through a Gazette Notice dated Januray 20, 2023, the Cs revoked the appointment of Lydya Yator, Stephene Gichuhi Gichuhi, Conrad Thorpe, Farida Abdalla Sud and Nilfat Kassim Ali.
On the other hand, Murkomen replaced them with Musa Osman, Emmanuel Kibet, Caroline Njoki Maina, Consolata Lusweti, and Lucas Maitha.
The new appointees named above will be serving for a period of three years beginning January 23, 2023.
During Uhuru Kenyatta’s period, the authority was at the center of management issues; what saw Director of Public Prosecution DPP Noordin Haji order an immediate arrest of its managing Director, Daniel Manduku.