President William Ruto, on Friday, July 21, fired five board members of the Water Sector Trust Fund.
In a Gazette notice, Ruto revoked the appointment of Mary Wambui, Mbatia Kimani, Kevin Opiyo, Musa Ndeto and Fred Odhiambo.
Former President Uhuru Kenyatta appointed the five on July 5, 2022, nearly two months before his retirement.
Consequently, the incumbent Head of State appointed Josephine Erigae, Lucas Chepkitony, Maryan Mohamed, and Andrew Mbithi to the board of trustees.
The four appointees will assume office effective July 21, 2023, for a two-year term ending July 4, 2025.
Ruto did not provide reasons for the changes other than stating that the overhaul was in line with powers vested in him in the Promulgated 2010 Constitution.
Water Fund - under the Ministry of Water - is mandated to provide counties with funding for water and sanitation programmes.
The conditional and non-conditional grants target projects in marginalised areas in the country.
"We give support to communities to effectively conserve their catchment areas and manage and protect the water resources within their sub-catchments," the agency states on its website.
In other changes across state departments, former Kirinyaga Woman Representative Purity Ngirici was confirmed as the Kenya Seed Company Limited chairperson.
Agriculture Cabinet Secretary Mithika Linturi stated that Ngirici won an election during a board meeting, thus assuming the role.
Symon Cherogony, Edwin Kipchirchir, Bernard Wambwa, and Job Kibagendi will serve on the board alongside Ngirici.
