By ERIC WAINAINA
Kenya: Women dominated the list of Cabinet nominees released yesterday by Kiambu Governor William Kabogo. He gave eight nominees whose names will be forwarded to the County Assembly Appointing Committee and the assembly for approval.
Six of them were women and Mr Kabogo said most men who applied for the jobs did not meet the requirements.
“We actually have a problem that needs to be addressed. We have forsaken the boy child. We had men who had equally applied for the position but their qualifications did not meet the par because we were doing it on merit,” Kabogo said.
Some nominees were from outside the county and Kabogo said he had advertised the positions in the local dailies, attracting applicants from across the country. He said none of them was discriminated based on race of region. This, he said will not affect their performance since they were appointed based on previous capacities and capability.
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Gender parity
He said during the interviews that took six days, they did not consider one’s place of birth but qualifications.
The nominees include Mary Nguli (Finance), Dr John Mwangi (Health), Eunice Kaloki (Planning and Development), Njeri Gatabaki (Roads and Transport) Eng Ephantus Mbugua (Public works and Utilities), Monica Mukami (Agriculture and Livestock), Esther Wanjiru (Water and Natural Recourses) and Dr Esther Ndirangu (Education and Culture).
Two more nominees for the Trade and Youth dockets will be unveiled in a fortnight and Kabogo said they would do interviews for the two afresh. “We will ensure gender parity although in our case women will be more than men,” he said.
Lincon Consulting Ltd led the interviewing process and the firm’s boss Isaac Gitoho said it entailed scrutinising the Curriculum Vitae of 1,000 applicants.
The Governor also unveiled the County Service Board comprising Justine Kimani (Chairman), Catherine Mburu (Secretary), Alexandia Muhaji, Lucy Wanjiku, Erick Mwaura and Barham Dev Vasisht as members.
He said he hopes the County Assembly will act fast in the vetting process. “With the committee in place, we will start rolling and what I can tell them is that in getting to the office, Kiambu people expect results, not explanations,” he said.
