Editorial Desk 
Phyllis Wakiaga,Newly Appointed Chairperson Kenya Roads Board(KRB)[PhotoCredit/Courtesy]
Kenya Roads Board (KRB) has tapped the former Kenya Association of Manufacturers (KAM) Chief Executive Phyllis Wakiaga to chair its board for the next three years.
Ms Wakiaga takes over from Isuzu Motors East Africa Chief Executive Ms Rita Kavashe at the helm of the roads agency.
Ms Wakiaga left KAM in June this year after nine years to take up the role of a senior private sector development advisor at the Tony Blair Institute for Global Change. Making the announcement yesterday, Transport Cabinet Secretary (CSJames Macharia lauded Ms Wakiaga’s track record.
He commended Ms Kavashe and the board for complementing the ministry’s efforts in expanding the country’s road network. The CS said he had overseen the expansion of the road network by up to 11,500km (kilometres) during this seven-year tenure.
