Ex-General Kibochi lands job in Ruto appointments

President William Ruto has appointed former Chief of Defence Forces (CDF) General (Rtd) Robert Kibochi the chairperson of the board of Mwai Kibaki Referral Hospital.

Kibochi was appointed for a period of three years, with effect from the November 22, 2024, according to the gazette notice.

Kibochi is a retired Kenya Army general who has served in the Kenya Defence Forces for over four decades; within which he has held leadership positions at every level of command and staff rising to become the 10^th Chief of Defence Forces. He held the position from May 2020 to May 2023.

Kibochi took over from Gen. Samson Mwathethe, a naval officer, who was named the CDF on April 17, 2015, replacing Gen. Julius Karangi from Kenya Air Force.

Also appointed by the President on Friday is former Rarieda MP Nicholas Gumbo.

Ruto appointed Gumbo to be the chairperson of the Board of Directors of Kenya Sugar Board, for a period of three years, with effect from November 22, 2024.

Gumbo was among politicians Ruto had nominated to the Kenya Kwanza government as Chief Administrative Secretaries, a position that never came to pass.

Gumbo had been appointed to the ministry of Roads and Transport.

Former Kesses MP Swarup Mishra was appointed the chairperson of the Board of Directors Kenya Biovax Institute Limited for a period of three years, with effect from November 22, 2024.

The medical doctor-turned-politician has worked as a lecturer of Medicine at Moi University. He is an obstetrics and gynaecology specialist.

Ruto further appointed five members of the Economic Partnership Agreement Council representing Kenya.

They are Prime Cabinet Secretary and Cabinet Secretary Foreign and Diaspora Affairs Musalia Mudavadi and Cabinet Secretaries John Mbadi (National Treasury), Andrew Karanja (Agriculture and Livestock Development), Aden Duale (Environment, Climate Change and Forestry) and Salim Mvurya (Investment, Trade and Industry).

Economic Partnership Agreements (EPAs) are trade and development agreements negotiated between the EU and African, Caribbean, and Pacific (ACP) countries.