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Former AFC Leopards boss Oscar Igaida lands a prime job at Nairobi county.

Kenyaa’s 13 times Kenyan Premier League champions AFC Leopards former Secretary General (SG) Oscar Igaida has been shortlisted the Nairobi County Government Chief Officer in charge of Sports.

Igaida who is the ruling United Democratic Alliance (UDA) Secretary for Economic Affairs and Planning was considered to work as the Chief Officer for Sports of Nairobi’s newly elected government of Governor Johnson Sakaja.

Others who have been shortlisted are the acting Nairobi County Planning Director Patrick Analo as the Urban Development Chief Officer.

Igaida, Analo and Clemmo chief officers at Nairobi county.

Producer Clement Rapudo aka Clemo founder of Calif Records a Kenyan record label known for the ‘Genge’ genre of music producer of artistes Jua Cali, Nonini and Ogopa Deejays has been shortlistedto handle City Culture, Arts and Tourism ministry.

The 2017 Orange Democratic Movement (ODM) candidate in the Lang’ata parliamentary seat Oscar Omoke has been shortlisted to serve in the Water and Sewerage ministry.

Mbagathi Hospital administrator Geoffrey Mosiria has been shortlisted the Chief Officer in charge of Health Services

Among the 33, making a comeback is the Chief Officer for Urban Planning Justus Kathenge who has been shortlisted for the – Boroughs and sub-county Administration while the former County Executive Committee (CEC) member in charge of Agriculture Winnie Gathangu has been nominated to serve in Economic Planning . 

The nominees were among the 33 names of Chief Officers that Nairobi Governor Johnson Sakaja presented to be vetted by the county assembly.

The names were tables before the Nairobi County assembly on Tuesday, December 13th, 2022 by Speaker Ken Ng’ondi.

The Speaker in return then handed the names to the respective committees for vetting.

According to the Speaker, the vetting should take place on December 22, 2022, and thereafter the reports will be tabled before the house for approval.

Initially, the County Public Service Board had presented a list of 128 candidates who had expressed interest in certain positions.

The board advertised for the position last month and eligible individuals were to submit their application forms online before or on October 19, 2022.

County chief officers are the authorized persons in the exercise of delegated power and are answerable to the county executive committee member in their respective dockets.

Their key functions include the day-to-day administration of departmental activities and the provision of strategic policy direction for effective service delivery within the departments they are assigned to.

They also implement policies and programs within departments.

While county executive committee members are equivalent to cabinet secretaries in the national government, chief officers are equivalent to permanent secretaries.

The power to deploy a county public officer within a department is vested in the county chief officer.

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