William Ruto appoints Njeru Ndwiga to lead Kenya’s coffee board
By the AFREEQUE newsroom, based on Kenyans.co.ke
Kenyan President William Ruto has appointed former minister Njeru Peter Ndwiga non-executive chair of the Coffee Board of Kenya, which oversees the coffee sector. His three-year term starts on 30 October 2026, according to a notice published in Kenya’s official gazette.
Kenyan President William Ruto has appointed Njeru Peter Ndwiga non-executive chair of the Coffee Board of Kenya, the body responsible for overseeing the coffee sector, for a three-year term starting on 30 October 2026. The appointment appears in an official notice published on Friday, according to Kenyans.co.ke.
A former state secretary for Co-operative Development and Marketing between 2002 and 2007, Ndwiga also represented Embu County in the Senate from 2017 to 2022. He chaired the Senate’s standing committee on agriculture, livestock and fisheries. He will now lead reforms aimed in particular at improving producers’ incomes and the cooperative marketing of coffee, Kenyans.co.ke reports.
The same notice appointed former Bura MP Ali Wario non-executive chair of the Kenya National Council for Population and Development for three years. Kenyan Finance Minister John Mbadi also appointed an eight-member team to lead the board of the Insurance Institute of Kenya, with Peter Kagia as chair, according to Kenyans.co.ke.
