New Appointments

Peter Mungai appointed Ag. CIO at Kenya Airways

Stanbic Bank Kenya poaches Catherine Muraga from Sidian Bank

Catherine Muraga, the former CIO at Sidian Bank has changed places to Stanbic at a similar position. In her new role, Muraga is responsible for the formulation and execution of IT strategy in alignment to Stanbic Bank’s overall stratagem. She formerly worked with the financier as the Head of IT Operations between 2014 and 2015, a period during which, she was responsible for the bank’s IT Operations (Data Centers, Network & Infrastructure, IT Applications and Service Delivery). She is a C-Level Executive with a passion to apply technology to create business outcomes and an experienced IT professional with a demonstrated history of working in Manufacturing, Airline and the Banking industries.

Kenya Airways recently appointed Peter Mungai, the acting Chief Information Officer. Having worked with the National Carrier at different positions in the IT department, Mungai has a proven ability to establish new business paradigms. Until his new role, he served as the Director IT Transformation and IT head of Operations, where he led strategic IT transformation programs. He has a Bachelor of Science Degree in Mechanical Engineering from Northeastern University, with 20+ years’ experience in the IT sector in both Kenya and the United States.

KRA appoints Pamela Ahago into the Customs and Border Control

Pamela Ahago, former Deputy Commissioner for Policy & International Affairs at KRA, was recently appointed the acting Commissioner for Customs & Border Control to steer the department as Commissioner Kevin Safari is on a three-month leave. She is a trained negotiator with experience in regional and international negotiations, who has represented KRA in regional and international negotiations on trade. She worked with the World Customs Organization (WCO) as head of the Regional Intelligence Liaison Officer for Eastern & Southern Africa

(RILO ESA). As an expert on Rules of Origin, she has participated in the formulation of both the East African Community (EAC) and the Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa (COMESA).

Sitoyo Lopokoiyit named Head of New Mpesa firm

Following the completion of the acquisition of the Mpesa Brand, Safaricom has appointed Sitoyo Lopokoiyit to head this financial services division. Until March 2016, Lopokoyit was Safaricom’s head of department in charge of financial services (MPESA), a position he held for almost 5 years before he was picked to head m-commerce and MPESA services at Vodacom Tanzania. He later rejoined the telco as the head of financial services, a position he held until his most recent appointment. His new appointment is part of the process to establish a leadership team for the newly created joint Mpesa venture between South Africa’s Vodacom Group and Safaricom.