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Taita-Taveta County lies approximately 200 km northwest of Mombasa and 360 km southeast of Nairobi. The capital is Mwatate even though it is the fourth-largest town in the county after Voi, Wundanyi and Taveta in that order.
The population of the county is well over 250,000 persons with population densities ranging from 3 persons per km2. to more than 800 persons per km2. This is due to the varied rainfall and terrain with the lower zones receiving an average 440 mm of rain per annum and the highland areas receiving up to 1900 mm of rain. The range rises in altitude from 500 m above sea level to almost 2,300 m at vuria peak which is the highest.
The county covers an area of 17,083.9 km2. of which a bulk 62% or 11,100 km2. is within Tsavo East and Tsavo West National Parks. The remaining 5,876 km2 is occupied by ranches, sisal estates, water bodies such as Lakes Chala and Jipe in Taveta and mzima springs, and the hilltop forests which occupy less than 100 km2. or approximately 10 km² out of 587.5 km².
The lowland areas of the district that are do not belong to national parks are divided to ranches, estates and wild life sanctuaries. The district has approximately 25 ranches. The main land use in ranch is cattle grazing. The three operating sisal estates of the district are the Teita Sisal Estate, Voi Sisal Estate and Taveta Sisal Estate. Many ranches utilize also wildlife tourism and conservation.
"To be a prosperous county with thriving rural and urban economies that support quality life for all its inhabitants"
"To promote and actively participate in achievement of economic growth as well as social and cultural development with the aim of realizing sustainable development facilitated by sound management of the environment and sustainable utilization of natural resources"
INDUSTRIALIZATION This department will initially focus on small scale enterprises found within the county with a view to enhance efficiency and productivity while at the same time researching on ways to improve the functionality of systems to the next level of growth. As an example, the weaving of baskets by traditional methods may be enhanced to generate methods for faster and better quality products. Innovations will gradually be introduced using tested ground but localizing the content. At the same time, industrialists will be encouraged to come up with suggestions to put up businesses and enterprises where incentives like county land, subsidized taxation nationally and better...
ACADEMIC:
BSc-Mechanical Engineering -Hons. (Nairobi) 1980; MBA (Nairobi) 2008
PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATIONS AND REGISTRATION: Member Institution of Mechanical Engineers- UK and registered Chartered Engineer Member: Institution of Engineers- Kenya
PREVIOUS DIRECTORSHIPS
Director - Mumias Sugar Company Board Member and Treasurer – African Refiners Association.
Chairman – Eldoro Girls High School’s Board of Governors
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Current: Governor - Taita Taveta County March 2010 to December 2012: General Manager/COO at Kenya Petroleum Refineries Limited. Responsible for running the refinery while the new CEO is based in Nairobi. I am also responsible for the coordination of the feasibility study for the refinery expansion project.
January 2006 to March 2010: General Manager/CEO at Kenya Petroleum Refineries Ltd This is a CEO position for a company with 220 direct employees supplemented by 400 contract personnel. KPRL is a capital intensive firm with assets in excess of KSh 5 billion and an annual turnover of Ksh2 billion. The General Manager is responsible to the Board of Directors for the preparation of the annual business plan which includes both the capital and operating expenditure proposals.
Dec-2003 to Dec 2005: Manufacturing and Deputy General Manager - KPRL This is a Management Team position responsible for maintenance, production, crude oil scheduling, receipt, delivery of finished products and interfacing with refinery customers as well as Ministry of Energy. The divisional strength includes 4 Departmental heads, 4 graduates and 8 supervisors. The annual budget is Ksh 800-1000 Million. Aug-2000 to Nov 2003: Chief Engineer - KPRL This is a Management position responsible for all engineering activities in the refinery and reports to the General Manager. The divisional strength includes 5 managers, 9 engineers and approximately 40 Supervisors and Technicians. In addition the function oversees approximately 300-700 contractor personnel and has an annual budget of Ksh 600-900 Million annually.
Jul-91 to Aug 2000: Various roles in Maintenance Engineering at KPRL Dec 87 to Jun 91: Project and Maintenance Engineer at SHELL STANLOW REFINERY- UK Jan 81 to December 87 Various roles in Maintenance and Projects in KPRL