Njeru Peter Ndwiga will chair the Coffee Board of Kenya for three years.
President William Ruto names Ndwiga and former Bura MP Ali Wario to state agency boards as Cabinet Secretaries announce further appointments.
President William Ruto has appointed former minister Njeru Peter Ndwiga as non-executive chairperson of the Coffee Board of Kenya. His three-year term begins on October 30, 2026.
A Gazette Notice dated October 30 confirms the appointment under section 7(1)(a) of the Coffee Act. Ruto also named former Bura MP Ali Wario as non-executive chairperson of the Kenya National Council for Population and Development.
Wario will serve a three-year term from the same date. He previously represented Bura for two terms and served as Assistant Minister for Home Affairs between 2003 and 2006.
Coffee Board role follows Ndwiga’s ministerial and Senate service
Ndwiga served as Minister for Cooperative Development and Marketing under the late President Mwai Kibaki between 2002 and 2007. He later represented Embu County in the Senate from 2017 to 2022 after winning election on a Jubilee Party ticket.
During his Senate tenure, Ndwiga also chaired the Standing Committee on Agriculture, Livestock and Fisheries. His background includes coffee-sector reforms aimed at improving farmers’ earnings and strengthening cooperative marketing.
Meanwhile, Agriculture and Livestock Development Cabinet Secretary Mutahi Kagwe made another appointment in the sector. He named Henry Gichuhi Kinyua non-executive chairperson of the Council of the Coffee Research and Training Institute of Kenya.
Treasury Cabinet Secretary John Mbadi appointed an eight-member Insurance Institute of Kenya Council, with Peter Kagia as chairperson. The team will serve for three years.
Mbadi also appointed five members to the Kenya National Council for Population and Development for three-year terms.
Cabinet Secretaries name board members and schools task team officials
Gender, Culture and Children Services Cabinet Secretary Hanna Wendot renewed two appointments at the National Heroes Council. Angwenyi Jimmy Nuru Ondieki returns as non-executive chairperson, while David Lebarleyia continues as a member, both for three years.
Health Cabinet Secretary Aden Duale also reappointed Dr Erneo Nyakiba and Judith Jerotich to the Moi Teaching and Referral Hospital board. Elsewhere, Cabinet Secretary Beatrice Askul Moe renewed Noah Lokamar’s and Jeremiah Sang’s memberships of the Kerio Valley Development Authority.
Education Cabinet Secretary Julius Migos Ogamba appointed Gideon John Kamau Maina to the KUCCPS board for three years. He also named five members to the Kerio Valley University College Council: Judson Obiria Nyabuto, Simon Ole Masi, Netty Chemutai, Mary Amboka and Japheth Kibet Sugut.
In addition, Ogamba expanded the Multi-Stakeholder Task Team on Unrest in Schools. Abdirashid Mohamed Hussein, David Muchunguh and Prof. Joseph Githui Kabiru join as members.
Evelyn Owoko, Catherine Matara, Dr Fred Odhiambo and Dr Wilfred Marube join as joint secretaries. These appointments took effect on October 30 under the Basic Education Act and an earlier Gazette notice.
