Africa-Press – Kenya. President William Ruto has appointed Rispa Wapukhulu as the new Kenya Literature Bureau Chairperson. In a gazette notice, Wapukhulu will chair the board for three years. Further, Education CS Ezekiel Machogu appointed new board members to the KLB Board of Directors.
“Doris Shianda, Edise Ndirangu, Leisangoo Maselino, Michael Ombaba Monarid and David Kinyor Kimeto, to be members of the Board of Directors of the Kenya Literature Bureau, for a period of three years,” the notice reads.
On Tuesday, Legislators proposed the Jomo Kenyatta Foundation and Kenya Literature Bureau be merged, citing concurrent mandate. JKF is a book publishing firm and also offers scholarships to secondary school students.
The Kenya Literature Bureau also has its main mandate in publishing, printing and distributing books. The Public Investments Committee on Education and Governance questioned the similar mandates being run by the two state agencies.
Kiminini MP Kakai Bisau said both institutions run the same activities in terms of book publishing and supply. “Why are we duplicating? Do we merge and do away with one? So that we do away with one entity and leave it for the open market,” Bisau said.
The JKF team led by MD David Mwaniki appeared before the committee to respond to audit queries on Wednesday. The questions on merging came up when the team was informed that JKF does not receive any government funding.
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