President William Ruto has made further nominations to parastatal and state agency boards as he continues to organize his administration after six months in office.

PHOTO | COURTESY President William Ruto makes new state appointments

The President chose former Ainamoi Member of Parliament Sylvanus Maritim to serve as the board head of the Information Communication and Technology Authority in a gazette notice dated February 24.

Maritim was one of the 240 candidates that made the final cut for the position of Chief Administrative Secretary. To make room for Maritim, Frederick Owino's appointment as chairman of the ICT authority board has been rescinded.

The Capital Markets Authority board's new chairman is Ugas Sheikh Mohamed.

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Mohamed will replace businessman Nick Nesbitt, whose appointment didn't go through by the President, who ran unsuccessfully for the Wajir County governorship in the August 9th General Election on an ANC ticket.

He is known as one of the individuals interested in CAS posts.

A new secretary takes the vacant place on the State Companies Advisory Committee board. President Ruto gave Simon Indimuli Muyumba a three-year contract and appointed him to the role.

Muyumba replaced Wanjiku Wakogi after the termination of her appointment

John Njogu wa Njoroge, a veteran host of Kikuyu radio programmes, has also been appointed to a governmental position. Ababu Namwamba, the cabinet secretary for youth, sports, and the arts, chose him to lead the Kenya Film Classification board for a three-year tenure.

At the UDA nominations stage, Njogu withdrew from the Njoro parliamentary campaign.

PHOTO | COURTESY President William Ruto

John Muigai Nyururu, better known as Muigai wa Njoroge, a well-known kikuyu gospel musician, was appointed to the Kenya Classification Board.

Additional members include Stephanie Maseki, Raphael Loperito, Hariety Zita, Grace Munjuri, Kipruto Kiptoo, John Osimbo, and Kipruto Kiptoo.

Two new individuals have joined the NSSF's board of directors. The Labour CS Cabinet Secretary Florence Bore appointed Isaac Kaberia and Dr Milka Kimonda to three-year terms.

They replaced Prof. Marion Mutugi and Peter Mweleli because of the termination of their appointments.