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Amb. Mahboub Maalim Mohamed Takes Over As Kenya Power Chairman

BY Soko Directory Team · January 9, 2018 12:01 pm

Kenya Power And Lighting Company Ltd has named Ambassador (Eng.) Mahboub Maalim Mohamed as its new Chairman.

Kenneth Marende who served as the head of the national electricity distributor since December 2014.

“Eng. Mohamed brings to the company’s leadership a wide range of local and international experience in public service and corporate governance we pledge our full support as he guides the company towards meeting its strategic objectives,” the board said in a statement.

Maalim is a former Permanent Secretary at the Ministry of State for Special Programmes in Office of the President, Ambassador (Eng..)

Mohamed, was elected to the Board by the Company’s shareholders during an Annual General Meeting held last month.

He is the 26th Chairman of the Board of the 98-year-old power utility company.

He previously served as a Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Water and Irrigation and as an Executive Director at Inter-Governmental Authority on Development (IGAD). He was also an ambassador to the IGAD.

He holds M.Sc. and B.Sc degrees in Civil Engineering from Texas A&I University in the United States of America.

He is registered engineer with the Kenya Engineers’ Registration Board and a member of the Institute of Engineers of Kenya.

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