Utility company Kenya Power has named yet another Acting Managing Director ahead of the installation of a substantive Chief Executive.
Engineer Geoffrey Wasua Muli has been named as the company’s new Acting Managing Director effective May 17 in place of Eng. Rosemary Oduor who was serving in an acting capacity.
The latter proceeds on annual leave ahead of what is largely expected to be the naming of a full-term Managing Director.
Geoffrey Muli has been the Acting General Manager in charge of Regional Coordination until his appointment to lead the utility firm temporarily on Tuesday.
At the end of January this year, Kenya Power kicked off the search of a new Managing Director, employing the services of consultancy firm Deloitte in the recruitment process.
The company was expected to receive applications from interested candidates by the end of February.
Kenya Power’s Managing Director post was left vacant after the abrupt resignation of Bernard Ngugi in August 2021 after just two years at the helm.
Ngugi was replaced by Eng. Rosemary Oduor who was until then the utility’s General Manager for Commercial Services.
Kenya Power’s new Managing Director will be tasked with spearheading the drive to improve the company’s operational efficiency and service delivery as envisioned in the firm’s new direction.
The new MD will step into the firm in the middle of what are ongoing reforms at Kenya Power to improve both its business performance and service delivery to customers.
Kenya Power turned around its fortunes through six months of its financial year to December 31, 2021, posting a net profit of.3.8 billion from Ksh.138 million previously on higher revenues from electricity sales.