Rita Achieng Okuthe has been appointed the Chairperson of Kenya Pipeline Corporation board replacing John Ngumi who has been moved to chair the Industrial and Commercial Development Corporation (ICDC).
Through a gazette notice issued on Friday, Achieng was designated the KPC board chair with effect from August 7 for a period of three years.
“In exercise of the powers conferrd by section 6 (1) (a) of the State Corporations Act,I appoint to the chairperson of the Board of Directors of the Kenya Pipeline Company Limited for a period of three years, with effect from 7 August, 2020,” the notice dated August 7 read.
Rita is a Director of Enterprise Business Unit at Safaricom PLC. She joined Safaricom as Head of Consumer Business Unit in August 2009.
She has a decorated career in the field of Marketing having started her career as a Client Service Manager at Direct Marketing Communications, where she managed a team of 25 promotional executives working on key accounts such as Coca-Cola.
Ms Achieng has also worked for MTN Uganda as Communications Manager. Due to her extensive contributions in building the Safaricom brand and enhancing revenues, she was voted one of the Top 50 Global Chief Marketing Officers by the Global Telecoms Magazine. Rita hold an MSC Marketing from London School of Business.
John Ngumi former KPC Board Chairman
Mr John Ngumi, who also sits at the board of struggling Kenya Airways (KQ) has now been appointed the board chair of ICDC bringing three key parastatals under his belt, Kenya Pipeline, Kenya Railways and Kenya Ports Authority.
This follows President Uhuru Kenyatta’s executive order creating Kenya Transport and Logistics Network (KTLN) which is set to manage, coordinate and integrate public port, railway and pipeline services.
Ngumi, a darling of tenderpreneurs, recently distanced himself from ‘lobbying for positions’, in an interview with the Nation Media Group.
Mr Ngumi and Michael Joseph, the Chairman of the board, have failed to turnaround the airline. Michael Joseph had been added 3 more years in 2019 at the same time Ngumi was elected into the position.
The seasoned investment banker Ngumi is wanted by Tanzania authorities to answer to a Sh600million bribery scandal relating to a government bond.
The 65 year old former banker has been mentioned in a litany of scandals at KPC. He has had a hand in a web of mega financial scandals.
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