Below is a listing of our board of directors, a brief profile and their roles; the board of directors were sworn into office in October 2006. | Name | Specialty in the Board | (Position) and Comment | | Dr. Joseph Musaa | Veterinarian: Animal health and husbandry provisions, government and professional veterinary (stakeholder) support | (Board Chairperson)
Director of Veterinary Services, Min of Livestock and Fisheries Development and Team Leader, Animal Welfare Action Kenya (AWAKE) | | Gatigwa Kimana | Accountant: Financial, organizational and statutory matters | (Board Treasurer)
Former Financial Controller, Action-Aid Industrial Entrepreneur, Certified company Secretary and Consultant based in Nairobi/Kiambu | | T. Barney Muckle | Agricultural Engineer: Equipment and implement, innovative artisanry and prototype development | (Retired with reason of Old Age)
Position vacant, seeking a personality from private sector)
Former Food and Agriculture Organization of the UN (FAO) Officer, now a rural artisanry and development innovator and farmer based in Naro Moru, Kenya | | Dr. Margaret Karembu | Environmental Scientist: Training, research and evaluation. Regional representation. | (Member)
International Service for the Acquisition of Agri-biotech Applications (ISAAA) AfriCenter | | Hon Alfred Nderitu | Civil Engineer and Legislator:Â Legislative and upper-government contacts and lobbyist | (Member)
Former MP, Mwea and entrepreneur | | Dr. Fred Kanampiu | Agronomist and research scientist; smallholder specialized productivity approaches | (Member)
Scientist/Agronomist, CIMMYT regional office Nairobi | | Fred Ochieng | Agricultural Engineer: and Work Animal Welfare | (Executive Member)
Team Leader, Heshimu Punda Programme. | | Dr. Joseph Mutua | Agricultural Engineer:Â Agricultural mechanization development, support and micro-finance | (Executive Member)
Team Leader, Conservation Agriculture and Artisanry, Former Technical Manager KENDAT | | Dr. Pascal Kaumbutho | Agricultural Engineer: Farm power and machinery. Agricultural and business rural development | (Secretary to the Board and CEO)
Project management, M&E and current designated CEO, KENDAT |
Article I: Governance of the Organization A Board, of which the first members shall be the signatories to these articles, shall manage the organization. The Board shall exercise all powers and authority over management of the organization as conferred by this article and all relevant statutes. There shall be a Board of a maximum membership of nine members. The Board will serve for a fixed term of three years. One third of the longest serving members will retire by rotation after service of three years. Where there is a tie in the length of service, those to retire shall be determined by the alphabetical order of their names. Members invitation to join the Board will be made under the networking philosophy and be of individual farmers, development prospectors, representatives of community groups, other Non Governmental Organizations (NGOs), key development projects, government agencies and private sector companies or donors or any other category that the members deem appropriate. |
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