Jacob Kaimenyi to appoint new Knec chief
Education Cabinet Secretary Prof Jacob Kaimenyi. The more than 880,000 candidates who sat their Kenya Certificate of Primary Education examination this year will know their scores on Monday. FILE PHOTO | NATION MEDIA GROUP
Education Cabinet Secretary Jacob Kaimenyi will on Wednesday appoint a new chief executive of the national examining body.
The Kenya National Examination Council (Knec) has been without a substantive CEO since the retirement of Mr Paul Wasanga in April.
The acting chief executive, Dr Joseph Kivilu, does not have sufficient authority to implement some decisions and policies in his acting role.
The three people whose names have been passed on to Prof Kaimenyi for appointment include the acting CEO himself, Dr Joel Mabonga and Dr Diana Mwinzi.
Dr Mabonga has been a chief examinations manager at the Kenya Institute of Management and holds a master of philosophy degree in educational administration.
Sources privy to the recruitment process have in the past told the Nation that the position has been highly politicised, with URP partners in the Jubilee coalition pushing to have one of their own appointed to head the institution.
According to the sources, it is this politics that has delayed the appointment.
The successful candidate will be hired on a five-year renewable contract, following a new law passed last year, which states that the CEO will hold office for one term subject to renewal for a further one term after consultation with the Salaries and Remuneration Commission.
