Ex-Nation Media CEO Appointed to Govt Agency

Former Nation Media Group Joe Muganda
Former Nation Media Group Joe Muganda
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Former Nation Media Group CEO Joe Muganda has been appointed to join the Kenya Urban Roads Authority Board. 

According to the Kenya Gazette published on Friday, November 13, Transport CS James Macharia appointed Muganda to serve for three years alongside Joyce Kangai Kariuki.

Muganda brings a wealth of knowledge to KURA, given his experience in corporate governance.

Transport and Infrastructure Cabinet Secretary James Macharia speaking at KICC on March 17, 2016.
Transport and Infrastructure Cabinet Secretary James Macharia speaking at KICC on March 17, 2016.
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Before joining the roads authority, he served for two years at VIVO Energy as Managing Director to replace Polycarp Igathe who resigned to join politics in 2017. 

In 2017, Muganda resigned from Nation Media Group where he was the Group Managing Director serving Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania and Rwanda.

He successfully presided over a business re-engineering strategy to position the company firmly on a digital growth path, from which current NMG CEO Stephen Gitama took off to rebrand the company in a ceremony that took off in July 2020. 

Nation Media Group rebranded its newspapers and website ushering in a digital-first strategy in the company.

He left a lean, nimble organization that was further cut down in a mass firing exercise that affected TV anchors such as Debarl Inea and Ken Mijungu. 

Before joining media, Muganda worked in senior management positions in multinational companies including Kenya Breweries, where he was the Managing Director and British American Tobacco (BAT) where he held a number of different roles including General Manager for the Southern Africa Markets.

He also served as Head of Corporate Affairs, Regional Manager - Africa and the Middle East, and senior marketing and brand roles. 

Before BAT he previously worked in Barclays and Unilever. 

Muganda holds a Bachelor’s degree in Accounting and Financial Management from the University of Buckingham and an MBA from the University of Leicester, both in the UK.

Former Nation Media Group CEO Joe Muganda
Former Nation Media Group CEO Joe Muganda
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