The Kenya Ports Authority (KPA) is seeking to fill the Managing Director post that has been vacant since March 2020 when the then MD Daniel Manduku resigned days after he was arrested over alleged graft.
According to an advertisement placed in local dailies on Friday, KPA’s board has invited new applicants to the post until the close of business on January 13.
Qualifications for the post include a master’s degree in Port Management, Maritime, Shipping & Logistics, Engineering, Business, Social Sciences, Public Policy, Science and Technology.
They must also have a bachelor’s degree in an equivalent field in addition to 15 years of relevant work in Ports Management or related fields.
Successful applicants to the post are expected to make the shortlist with the eventual new MD tasked with the role of serving as the Accounting Officer of the Authority and its Principal Spokesperson on matters operations.
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John Mwangemi currently serves as KPA’s MD in an acting capacity after replacing Rashid Salim in July last year with Salim also serving on an interim basis.
Previous attempts by the KPA Board to fill the post in March last year collapsed after the then Treasury Cabinet Secretary Ukur Yatani rejected shortlisted names.