New Government Delivery Service head Agnes Odhiambo assumes office

Operations at the Government Delivery Service (GDS) unit that is domiciled at the Office of the Prime Cabinet Secretary Musalia Mudavadi will soon roll out project inspections after the appointment of Agnes Odhiambo as its head.

Odhiambo who was appointed by President William Ruto reported to Mudavadi’s office on Wednesday for orientation.

At the meeting, Mudavadi tasked Odhiambo to streamline services at the GDS and change the image of the formerly Presidential Delivery Unit (PDU), to meet the expectations of the citizens and help in the realization of the Kenya Kwanza administration’s bottom-up economic transformation agenda.

The Office of the Prime Cabinet Secretary is the fulcrum upon which delivery of public services will be measured, while the GDS is tasked with delivering monitoring and evaluation of project implementation.

“Monitoring and evaluation of Government projects will be key under Odhiambo’s watch as she will be required to give periodic reports on progress on key government projects,” said Mudavadi.

Odhiambo was Kenya's first Controller of Budget from August 2011 to August 2019. She is an accomplished professional accountant and financial manager with over 30 years of experience in public finance management.

Until her recent appointment, she was serving as the chairperson of the National Transport and Safety Authority of Kenya (NTSA).