Esther Muhoria nominated as PS hours after being sworn in as Embu County Secretary

Barely hours after she was sworn in as the Embu County Secretary, Esther Thaara Muhoria has been nominated as the Principal Secretary in the State Department for TVETs by President William Ruto.

Dr. Muhoria was among the 51 names picked by the Head of State on Wednesday out of the 250 names the Public Service Commission (PSC) had forwarded to him after conducting interviews.

The PS nominee was, until her assumption of the county office, the Registrar of Academic Affairs at the Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology (JKUAT).

She joins the likes of former Lang'ata MP Nixon Korir, former EAC PS in charge of Regional and Northern Corridor Development Belio Kipsang, and former Nairobi County Deputy Governor Jonathan Mueke.

Korir was nominated to the State Department for Lands and Physical Planning while Kipsang makes a return to the State Department for Basic Education. Mueke is, on the other hand, set to take over the State Department for Sports and the Arts.

The 51 will now be vetted by relevant departmental House committees to determine their suitability for appointment by the President.