President William Ruto has fired four Directors of the New Kenya Co-operative Creameries Limited.
In a special issue of the Gazette Notice, President Ruto revoked the appointments of Geoffrey Noah Angwenyi, David Kipkurui Samoei (Rtd) Col. Rukia Rashid and Elisha Biwot.
They have been replaced by Ndemo Nyachae, Dr. Rawlynce Bett, Naisula Keko and Sarah Keino as new members of the Board of Directors. The appointments take effect from Tuesday, August 6, and will run until March 9, 2026.
“In exercise of the powers conferred by section 7 (3) of the State Corporations Act, 1, William Samoei Ruto, President of the Republic of Kenya and Commander in Chief of the Defence Forces, appoints: Noah Ndemo Nyachae, Rawlynce Bett (Dr.). Naisula Keko and Sarah Keino to be members of the Board of Directors of the New Kenya Co-operative Creameries Limited, with effect from the 6th August, 2024 upto the 9th March, 2026,” read the notice.
The fired members were appointed on March 10, 2023, and were set to hold the positions until March 2026.
The New KCC has recently been in the limelight with concerns that all is not well in the oldest milk processor in the region despite the government pumping a lot of money to stabilize it.
During the commissioning of the upgraded New KCC factory in Nyahururu, Laikipia County in January this year, President William Ruto said the Government is spending Kshs 5 billion modernising New Kenya Co-operative Creameries (KCC) to enhance its efficiency to meet the needs of farmers. He observed that the goal of bolstering KCC’s processing capacity is to ensure it handles the entire volume of milk produced by farmers.
