President William Ruto has nominated Beatrice Askul Moe as the Cabinet Secretary for the East African Community (EAC) Affairs and Regional Development.
The nomination was announced through a communique by Head of Public Service Felix Koskei.
According to the communique, Moe is a social scientist who previously served as the County Executive Committee Member in charge of Water, Irrigation, Agriculture and Land Reclamation in the Turkana County Government.
Interestingly, Moe was part of the panel which was tasked with picking Azimio leader Raila Odinga's running mate in the 2022 presidential poll.
"She has previously served as a Director of the Rift Valley Water Services Board, Chairperson Technical Committee of the Rift Valley Water Services Board, Chairperson Audit Committee of the Rift Valley Water Services Board, Project Officer of AMREF Kenya Turkana Project and Relief Officer for the Oxfam Turkana Relief Program.
"The CS Nominee has specialized skills in the development and management of community affairs, towards behavioural and social change in communities," read the communique in part.
In terms of her academic qualifications, the nominee has a Bachelor of Arts degree in Social Sciences (Social Work) from the Catholic University of Eastern Africa (CUEA).
The CS nominee is currently undertaking a Masters Degree in Governance and Ethics.
On the other hand, it was noted that Moe had undertaken various certifications including the County Induction Course at Kenya School Government (Turkana County Government) and Corporate Governance Course (CGC) while serving as a member of the Rift Valley Water Services Board.
She also has training on Audit Committees from KCA University (Institute for Capacity Development, Training of Trainers (TOT) Course for Community-based development by AMREF Kenya and Training in Methodologies for Conducting Baseline Assessment Survey for Food Security and Nutrition Improvement Project Turkana.
Should Parliament approve her nomination, Moe will be replacing Peninah Malonza who was dismissed from the now dissolved former cabinet.
At the same time, the President also nominated Dorcas Agik Oduor as the Attorney General. Oduor currently serves as the Secretary of Public Prosecutions in the Office of Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP).
