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Uhuru Kenyatta appoints ex-detainee Edward Oyugi among new CRA commissioners

Former political detainee Prof Edward Oyugi

Former political detainee Prof Edward Oyugi is among the new commissioners who will share out revenue between national and county governments for the next six years. Oyugi, an aspirant for governor in the 2013 polls, was appointed commissioner of Commission on Revenue Allocation (CRA) by President Uhuru Kenyatta Friday.

He was appointed alongside a team of seven new commissioners. They include banker Peter Njeru Gachuba, assistant director at Kenya School of Monetary Studies Kishaanto ole Suuji and scholar Dr Irene Koech Asienga. Others are community work specialist Fauza Abdikadir Dahir, business development expert Humphrey Wattanga, Treasury Principal Secretary Dr Kamau Thuge and University of Nairobi's Economist Prof Peter Kiko Kimuyu.

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