President Uhuru Kenyatta has re-appointed Prof Olive Mugenda as chairperson of the Kenyatta University Teaching, Referral, and Research Hospital (KUTRRH) board for a three-year term.
This will be Mugenda’s second term in the same capacity.
“I, Uhuru Kenyatta, President and Commander-in-Chief of the Kenya Defence Forces, re-appoint Olive Mugenda (Prof.) to be the Non-Executive Chairperson of the Kenyatta University Teaching Referral and Research Hospital, for a period of three (3) years, with effect from the 1st April, 2022,” read the gazette notice.
Mugenda was in 2019 appointed as the non-executive chairperson of the hospital.
She retired as VC of Kenyatta University on March 18, 2016 after serving for ten years and turning down a Sh100 million sendoff package awarded to her as appreciation for her exemplary performance.
She is also a member of the Judicial Service Commission.
At the same time, Kenyatta appointed Portland Cement ex-CEO Zakayo ole Mapelu as non-executive chairperson of the National AIDS Control Council.
Zakayo will serve for a period of three years.
In a gazette notice dated March 25, the President said Zakayo’s appointment was effected on the date of the issue.
Additionally, James Mandere Rodgers Atebe has also been appointed to be the chairperson of the Pharmacy and Poisons Board, for a period of three years.