Kenya Ports Authority (KPA) MD Eng Salim Rashid has proceeded on leave pending his retirement.

According to a source, the governmnet has appointed former Kenya ambassador to Djibouti John Mwangemi to step in acting capacity as the government prepares to appoint a substantive managing director.

The appointment takes effect from today, July 1st.

"Ambassador Mwangemi was introduced to the board by treasury CS Ukur Yatani today (Thursday) morning during a meeting at the headquarters " said the source.

Before being appointed as acting managing director, Salim was the general manager in charge of technival services. He has been in the office since March last year after the resignation of Daniel Manduku.

During the commissioning of Lamu port in May last year, Treasury Cabinet Secretary Ukur Yatani revealed that the government has  slowed down the recruitment of the managing director to pave way for the launch of the new port.

We did not want a lot of instability at this stage because the takeoff of the Lamu port is very important. However, very soon we will unveil the new MD,”  Yatani said.

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