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  1. Commissioners


  • Mrs Lyn Cherop Mengich
    Chairperson
    Commissioners

    Mrs Lyn Cherop Mengich

    Chairperson

    Mrs. Mengich is the Chairperson of the Commission. She is a human resources (HR) professional and business leader, with over 25 years cross-industry experience, holding strategic leadership and board positions in Kenya, the East African region and Africa. Her experience spans public traded and private sector organizations.

    Highlights of her experience include; Talent and Change Manager for Shell Oil Products Africa, Regional HR Manager for 11 countries in the East African region, HR Director for Barclays Bank, HR Director for Kenya Commercial Bank, HR Director for Smith Kline Beecham-East Africa and CEO Nuevo Consulting. She has also held board positions at Jamii Bora Bank, National Social Security Fund (NSSF) and Sovereign Group.

    Mrs. Mengich is a fellow of the Institute of Human Resource Management - Kenya and holds a Master of Science in Human Resource Management, Executive Development Program from Cornel University, Advanced Management Program from Strathmore Business School (SBS) and IESE Business School in Spain. She has acquired extensive knowledge in leadership, governance, management and HR management from different development programs in and outside the country.
  • Dr Amani Yuda Komora
    Vice Chairperson
    Commissioners

    Dr Amani Yuda Komora

    Vice Chairperson

    Dr. Komora is a member of the Commission, nominated by the Federation of Kenyan Employers (FKE). He chairs the Job Evaluation and Salary Structure Committee of the Commission.

    Dr. Komora was previously the General Manager of Human Resources and Administration at the Kenya Ports Authority (KPA), having risen from the position of Head of Human Resources. He has also worked at the Kenya Revenue Authority (KRA), where he rose through the ranks from Graduate Trainee to Assistant Commissioner Human Resources.

    Some of his notable achievements include: he played a key role in managing the transition from the Anti-Corruption Police Unit (ACPU) to the Kenya Anti-Corruption Commission (KACC) and midwifed the transition to the now Ethics and Anti-Corruption Commission (EACC).

    Further, he was also a Member of the National General Wages Council of the Minister for Labour, Social Security and Services for a Three Year Term under the Labour Relations Act, 2007. Dr. Komora holds a Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) in Human Resources Management, Master of Science (MSc.) in HRM, a Bachelor of Arts Degree (Anthropology/Sociology), and a Higher Diploma from the former Institute of Personnel Management (IPM), Kenya.

    He is a member of the Institute of Human Resource Management (IHRM) and serves in the Governing Council of IHRM, and also a Chairman of the College of Human Resource Management (CHRM).
  • Anne R. Gitau, MBS
    Commission Secretary / CEO.
    Commissioners

    Anne R. Gitau, MBS

    Commission Secretary / CEO.

    Mrs. Gitau is the Commission Secretary (CS). She was appointed to the position in June 2015. Previously, she was the Deputy Commission Secretary from April 2012 to March 2014 when she was appointed as Ag Commission Secretary.

    She is a respected HR professional and leader with over ten years of comprehensive HR experience ranging from the private sector to the public sector, and with diverse and solid experience ranging from HR consultancy to HR management.

    Mrs. Gitau is currently pursuing a PhD in Organizational Development at UoN. She also has a Master’s Degree in Business Administration from UoN and a Bachelor of Education Degree from Egerton University. Mrs. Gitau has worked at the Higher Education Loans Board (HELB) as a Human Resources and Administration Manager and at the Industrial Development Bank.
  • Ms Nelly Peris Ashubwe
    Commissioner
    Commissioners

    Ms Nelly Peris Ashubwe

    Commissioner

    Ms. Ashubwe is a member of the Commission, nominated by the Central Organization of Trade Unions (COTU). She chairs the Legal and Policy Framework Committee of the Commission. Ms. Ashubwe is an advocate of the High Court of Kenya, and formerly a Managing Partner at Eshiwani Ashubwe and Company Advocates LLP, where she represented clients in high stakes in employment and labour related matters, especially trade unions in Kenya.

    Some of her clients included, subsidiary companies of Export Processing Zone (EPZ), such as the EPZ Africa Apparels, EPZ Supra Textiles, EPZ Sunflag, EPZ Alliance Garments, COTU, Kenya Plantation and Agricultural Workers Union, Kenya County Government Workers Union, Kenya Shoe and Leather Workers Union and Kenya National Union of Nurses (KNUN).

    Ms. Ashubwe trained as a pupil at J. A. Guserwa and Company Advocates, where she later became an Associate. She is passionate about the rights of children, and has co-authored a book with the Kenya Literature Bureau titled, ‘Child Rights and Child Protection (ECDE Diploma)’. In addition, through her law firm, she has trained a number of lawyers who have undertaken their pupillage under her tutelage and guidance.

    Ms. Ashubwe holds a Diploma in Law from the Kenya School of Law, Law Degree from the UoN and a Bachelor of Education Degree from Kenyatta University. Ms. Ashubwe has grown to become a mother, mentor, educationist and philanthropist, among many things. A gourmet in her own right, her world takes a different trajectory when she engages in culinary explorations.
  • Mr John Kennedy Monyoncho
    Commissioner
    Commissioners

    Mr John Kennedy Monyoncho

    Commissioner

    Mr. Monyoncho is a member of the Commission, nominated by the Defence Council. He chairs the Wage Bill Management Committee of the Commission. Mr. Monyoncho has over 20 years of experience in senior management in both public and private sector, having worked with the SRC where he rose to Director of Research, Compliance, Policy and Planning. He also worked at the Kenya National Bureau of Statistics, where he rose to a Technical Manager.

    Further, he worked with the Kenya Integrated Household Budget Survey Program as a Logistics and Administration and Research Manager, with the Nairobi Securities Exchange as an Administration Officer, and with the Ministry of Finance and Economic Planning as a Technical Assistant to the Economic Secretary.

    Mr. Monyoncho is currently pursuing a PhD degree at the UoN. He holds an Master of Business Administration (MBA) in Finance, Bachelor’s Degree in Economics from the UoN, and a Bachelor of Science Degree in Statistics from Poona University, India.
  • CPA Sophie Moturi, MBS
    Commissioner
    Commissioners

    CPA Sophie Moturi, MBS

    Commissioner

    (i) CPA Sophie Moturi, MBS

    CPA. Moturi is a member of the Commission, nominated by the Association of Professional Societies in East Africa (APSEA). She is currently a Trustee of the Kenya Professionals Development Fund of APSEA and a board member at the World Youth Alliance - Kenya.

    She was previously a board member of the Public Sector Accounting Standards Board (PSASB) Kenya, a Governing Council Member of the International Leadership University (ILU), Trustee in Micro Enterprises Support Programme Trust (MESPT), Chairperson of the Association of Women Accountants of Kenya, Treasurer and Council Member in APSEA representing Institute of Certified Public Accountants of Kenya (ICPAK), member of the Professional Standards Committee of ICPAK and Chairperson of the Nyeri County Executive Audit Committee, among others.

    In addition, CPA. Moturi has worked as a Country Director and Finance and Administration Manager for non-governmental organizations; and for Price Waterhouse as Auditor and Accountant.

    CPA Moturi holds a Master’s Degree in Banking and Finance (Microfinance) and a Bachelor of Commerce (Accounting Option) Degree. She is a Certified Public Accountant and a member of ICPAK and the Association of Women Accountants of Kenya.

  • Dr Leah Mumbua Munyao, PhD, MFKIM
    Commissioner
    Commissioners

    Dr Leah Mumbua Munyao, PhD, MFKIM

    Commissioner

    Dr. Mumbua is a member of the Commission, nominated by the Teachers Service Commission (TSC). She chairs the Corporate Image and Stakeholder Management Committee of the Commission.

    Dr. Mumbua is the immediate former pioneer Director of Academic Affairs (DAA) at the Kenya School of Government (KSG). While serving as the DAA, she strengthened the training by leading teams in the development of capacity building programs for the national government, county governments and state corporations for public service transformation.

    She also strengthened the consultancy, research and advisory mandate of KSG by developing policies and procedure manuals for internal capacity of faculty. Dr. Mumbua is an educationist with over 30 years of experience in education management and planning. She has an in-depth understanding and experience in corporate governance, program development, implementation, and review process.

    Dr. Mumbua possesses remarkable wealth of experience in strategic leadership in specialized training institutions in the public and private sector. While serving as the Director of Kenya Institute School of Management (KIMSOM), she successfully spearheaded the transformation process leading to the establishment of the Management University of Africa (MUA), where she served as the pioneer Director, Institutional Development and Quality Assurance and Registrar, Academic and Student Affairs.

    Dr. Mumbua holds a Bachelor of Education – Arts (Kenyatta University), Master’s Degree in Education Administration and Planning, University of Nairobi (UoN), Master Degree in Business Administration (Esami Business School) and Doctor of Philosophy - Education Administration and Planning (Catholic University of Eastern Africa), with a focus on quality assurance management. She also holds a Certificate in Global Diplomacy (Diplomacy in the Modern World) from University of London.
  • Ms Margaret Sawe
    Commissioner
    Commissioners

    Ms Margaret Sawe

    Commissioner

    Ms. Sawe is a member of the Commission, nominated by the Senate on behalf of the county governments. She has vast experience in the field of HR, having worked in various organizations.

    These include; the County Government of Uasin Gishu as County Executive Committee Member (2013–2017), Sian Agriflora Limited as the Group Human Resource Manager (2009-2013), Chevron(K)/Caltex, International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC), and the Unga Limited.

    The achievements she has made in the key organizations she served in include; improvement of employee relations, development of organizational structures, HR policies and strategies in line with the organizations’ strategic plans, preparing and executing budgets for the HR operations and provide advisory services on HR issues.

    Ms. Sawe is a licensed HR practitioner. She holds a Master’s Degree in Business Administration, UoN, Post Graduate Diploma, Institute of Human Resource Management (IHRM), and a Bachelor Education (Home Economics) Degree from Kenyatta University.
  • Ms. Elizabeth Wangui Muchiri
    Commissioner
    Commissioners

    Ms. Elizabeth Wangui Muchiri

    Commissioner

    Ms Wangui Muchiri is a member of the Commission, nominated by the National Police Service (NPS). She is a member of the Corporate Image and Stakeholder Management
    Committee of the Commission.

    Wangui Muchiri is an accomplished Public Affairs, Governance and Security communications expert with 25 years of global work experience with senior roles in Government, NGO’s, media, communications and public relations.

    As a Senior Communications Director in Kenya’s Government, Wangui has served in the Office of the President’s Cabinet Affairs, the President’s Delivery Unit and currently at the Ministry of Interior and Coordination of National Government. Her roles have required a mastery of balance between political manifestos, public interest and public service. These roles have presented her with high level access to influence decisions on public service delivery and security as well as how and when they are communicated to the public. The advise she has given to H.E. the President, ministers, Principal Secretaries, Heads of Security and other senior officials in government, have given her the rare of opportunity to experience what it means to have the lives and livelihoods of citizens in your hand.

    At the Interior Ministry Wangui has been responsible for the total rebrand of the ministry outlook and outreach programs, creating, managing and expanding more responsive, approachable and accessible communication platforms for the Ministry over the last 3 years through out the country. She has also been key to delivery of messages internally and externally by leading principals in the ministry and affiliate institutions.

    Indeed, Wangui was at the centre of the successful communications of the Dusit2 attack in Kenya following the creation and cascading of protocols of managing crisis communications in government, especially for the very sensitive security sector. She managed to coordinate and disseminate messages working with very senior government officials; a task which requires skill and high levels of trust and patriotism.

    An avid networker with people from different agencies and departments in government and beyond, Wangui has been instrumental in numerous successful government communications campaign which include Huduma Namba roll out helping initiate the “Free African Media” portal, as well as a high merit award for the exemplary media support given to then-Secretary Hillary Clinton 7- nation African tour. Wangui is the recipient of the Head of State Commendation (HSC) as a result of exemplary leadership in the development and implementation of communications strategies in government. campaign, The National Kenya census campaign, launch of Police Reforms national campaign, the security elections communications campaign, the Choose Kenya campaign, Pope John Paul II visit campaign to name a few.

    Wangui chaired communication committees for police reforms and was also a member of a committee investigating sexual and gender-based violence in the National Police Service and the Kenya Prisons Service. The result of this has been the establishment of protocols and policy in dealing with these matters and a gender directorate that sits in the office of the Inspector General.

    Wangui drove and implemented Africa’s communication strategy for the Global Entrepreneurship Summit and President Obama’s first state visit to Kenya on behalf of the government. Wangui was the mastermind behind the “Choose Kenya” campaign which Obama and the US State Department cited as one of the most innovative ways of branding a country and leveraging on a global icon for which she received the President of the US highest meritorious award.

    Additionally, during her time outside the country, Wangui led ONE Africa’s MDG campaign in South Africa, Malawi and Zambia in delivering over 200 000 signed petitions to the United Nations High-Level Panel. By the time she left, ONE Africa had been ranked the 4th most influential social brand in Africa by Forbes Africa.

    She has also worked for the US Department of State in Pretoria where she helped keep the African Bureau in Washington aware of African perspectives on key issues as the Deputctor of the Africa Media Hub, and was awarded a Franklin Award, for helping initiate the “Free African Media” portal, as well as a high merit award for the
    exemplary media support given to then-Secretary Hillary Clinton 7- nation African
    tour.

    Wangui is the recipient of the Head of State Commendation (HSC) as a result of exemplary leadership in the development and implementation of communications strategies in government.
  • Mr. Abdiwahab Abdullahi Abdi
    Commissioner
    Commissioners

    Mr. Abdiwahab Abdullahi Abdi

    Commissioner

    Mr. Abdiwahab is a Member of Salaries and Remuneration Commission representing the Judicial Service Commission.

    He holds a wealth of experience spanning more than 14 years in strategy development, human resource management, and project management and planning.

    He holds a Bachelor of Business Management, Human Resource Management Option, from Moi University, and currently finalising a Master of Arts Degree in Sociology, at Egerton University.

    A certified strategic management analyst, certified by the Global Academy of Finance and Management, Colorado USA, Mr. Abdiwahab also holds a certificate in Strategic Leadership
    and Management from University Illinois Urbana Champaign, USA.

    Further, he merited Board directorship at the Kenya Veterinary Board, as well as worked with the County Land Management Board under the tutelage of the National Lands Commission.

    Previously, Mr. Abdiwahab worked for the International Centre for Participatory Health and Environmental Research as a consultant in the field of baseline studies and needs assessment.
  • Mrs. Catherine Wahome
    Commissioner
    Commissioners

    Mrs. Catherine Wahome

    Commissioner

    Member of the Commission

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