Retired President Mwai Kibaki has been replaced as the Chancellor for Masinde Muliro University of Science and Technology.
The former President had been at the helm of the institution for ten years after the institution was elevated to a full-fledged university.
President Uhuru Kenyatta has appointed Peter Wanyama Muthoka as the new Chancellor in a special gazette notice dating December 14th and is effective for a five-year term.
“In the exercise of the powers conferred to me by section 38 (1) (a) of the University Act 2012, Laws of Kenya, I appoint Mr. Peter Muthoka to be a Chancellor of must for a period of five years,” stated the notice.
Dr. Muthoka is credited as having served in senior management positions in the corporate world including being the director of Sasini Tea Limited as well as serving at the Central Bank of Kenya.
He is also the founder and chief executive of the College of Banking and Finance of Kenya, founder and first chief executive of Export Promotion Council of Kenya and Kenya Commissioner General at Expo 2000 in Hannover, Germany.
The current Vice-Chancellor is Professor Fredrick Otieno who is under investigation over abuse of office and mismanagement of funds allegations.