President William Ruto has appointed Engineer Michael Kamau as the Chairman of the National Hospital Insurance board.
Engineer Kamau is a former Cabinet Secretary for Transport.
He was unceremoniously replaced by ex-president Uhuru Kenyatta due to corruption allegations.
Ruto made other appointments as follows
Julius Waweru Karangi to be the Chairperson of the National Council for Population and Development Board, with effect from the 23rd of December 2022 up to the 20th of July 2024. He revoked the appointment of David Ngugi.
Karangi is the former Chief of the Defence Forces.
He further appointed Anthony Muriuki Munyiri to be the Chairman of the National Social Security Fund Board of Trustees, for a period of three years and revoked the appointment of Karangi to that position.
The President further appointed Job Chirchir to be the Chairperson of the Kenya Forest Service for a period of three years.
He named Faith Boinett as the Chairperson of the Board of Directors of the Kenya Pipeline Company Limited and revoked the appointment of Rita Achieng Okuthe to that position.
Walter Nyambati was appointed the Chairperson of the Board of Geothermal Development Company. He was the UDA governor hopeful for Nyamira
Walter Raria Koipaton was named the Chairperson of the Kenya Wildlife Service Board.