Sammy Chepkwony has been nominated to take over as the new chairperson of the Salaries and Remuneration Commission (SRC).
If approved by parliament, Chepkwony will take over from Lyn Mengich, whose tenure at the commission has expired.
In a on Tuesday, November 12, 2024, President William Ruto termed Chepkwony as an accomplished human resource professional with over 30 years of experience in human resources and development.
Chepkwony is currently the Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer at People Centric Management Limited. He began his career as a senior consultant at PriceWaterHouse Coopers (PWC) Kenya.
Since then, he has held various senior positions as Chairperson at Tata Chemicals Magadi Provident Fund, Human Resources Director at Kenya Airways Ltd, James Finlay Kenya Ltd, Human Resource Manager at Nairobi Bottlers Ltd and Regional Human Resource Director at Aga Khan University.
He holds a Master of Business Administration and a Bachelor of Commerce (Business Administration) degrees from the University of Nairobi. He is a Fellow of the Institute of Human Resources Management, a Member of the Institute of Directors-Kenya, a Certified Human Resource Professional (CHRP) Kenya, and has completed a Trustee Development Program.
Ruto has also appointed members of the commission including Martin Kizito Ong’oyi, Mohamed Aden Abdi, Jane Gatakaa Njage, Leonid Ashindu, Gilda Odera and Geoffrey Apollo Omondi.
Other nominations
Ruto has also nominated various persons to fill vacant positions in the Independent Policing , the Commission On Administrative Justice (CAJ), the National Gender and Equality Commission and the Second Deputy Governor of the Central Bank of Kenya (CBK).
Former chairperson of the Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC) Ahmed Issack Hassan has been nominated as the IPOA chairperson while Charles Orinda Dulo has been nominated to lead the Commission On Administrative Justice (CAJ).
Former Isiolo Woman Representative Rehema Dida Jaldesa has been nominated as the chairperson of the National Gender and Equality Commission and while Gerald Nyaoma Arita has been nominated as the Second Deputy Governor of the Central Bank of Kenya (CBK)
