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Bobby Kamani,Newly appointed Board Member-Kenya Tourism Board(KTB){/Photo/Courtesy]
Diani Reef Beach Resort & Spa Managing Director Bobby Kamani has been appointed as a member of the Kenya Tourism Board for a period of three years.
The appointment was made by President Uhuru Kenyatta and gazetted by Tourism Cabinet Secretary Najib Balala.
Joanne Mwangi-Yelbert was appointed the new chairperson of the Board.
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In the new appointments, Simon Gicharu who is the founder of Mt Kenya University will now serve on the Water Services Regulatory Board.
Gicharu has previously chaired the Rural Electrification and Renewable Energy Corporation (REREC).
Others appointed to boards include former Nation Media Group CEO Linus Gitahi who will now chair the Rivatex East Africa board and Gen (RTD) Joseph Raymond Kibwana who will chair the Kenya Ports Authority (KPA).
Omar Mohamed will serve as the chairperson of the Kenya National Library Services board as Fatma Naman Muses joins the Kenyatta International Convention Centre (KICC).
Charles Mugo Ciuri is the new chairperson of the Kenya Urban Roads Authority while Wilnfrida Ngumi will chair the Kenya National Highways Authority (KeNHA).
This comes when thje Board tapped Ms.Joanne Mwangi-Yelbert has been appointed the new chairperson of the Kenya Tourism Board (KTB), taking over the board’s leadership from Jimi Kariuki.
Her appointment was made by President Uhuru Kenyatta in a gazette notice dated July 5, 2022.
Joanne, who is the first female to serve in that capacity since the inception of the board thanked Kenyatta for acknowledging her leadership skills as she looks forward to bettering tourism in the country.
Joanne who will serve as KTB’s chair for a three-year term is the founder and CEO of marketing and communication agency Professional Marketing Services (PMS).
She is the immediate chair of the Advertising Standards Body of Kenya and has previously served as a strategic advisor to several governments and private sector boards.
Among its other functions, the board is mandated to develop and implement destination marketing strategies, both locally and internationally and to work in partnership with national, regional and international organizations as well as local authorities in the country to improve the tourism environment.
