Senior NTSA director lands National Registration Bureau appointment

The director for motor vehicle registration and licensing at the National Transport and Safety Authority (NTSA) Christopher Kinyua Wanjau is the new Secretary for the National Registration Bureau (NRB).

Mr. Wanjau landed the new position replacing Reuben Kimotho who has since retired after being at the helm for the last 16 years. 

A career administrator and civil servant, Mr. Wanjau is credited with the digitisation of services at NTSA, which has brought services closer to the public through the self-service portal known as TIMS.

The authority commended Mr. Wanjau saying that it was during his tenure that NTSA acquired state of the art printing machines for digital driving licenses, besides the devolution of services for Driving Licences (DLs) to be accessed at Huduma offices across the country.

The State body stated that. during that period, more than one million digital driving licence cards were accessed.

Prior to joining NTSA, Mr. Wanjau worked in different capacities in public offices amongst them in Kiambu County as the head of Thika Municipality and Deputy County Commissioner in different regions including Thika and Eldoret West in Uasin Gishu.

"His wealth of experience in leadership, governance and technology compounded with training is expected to see the expansion of services for the registration of persons in the country," an NTSA official told Citizen Digital.

Mr. Wanjau holds two Masters's degrees; one in Public Administration from Moi University, and another in Business Administration Strategic Management from Catholic University.

He is currently finalising his PhD in Strategic Management.