Standard Group's Jacob Ng'etich to head Mudavadi's communication team

Former Standard Group's Senior Political Reporter Jacob Ng'etich. [Courtesy]

Prime Cabinet Secretary Musalia Mudavadi has picked Standard Newspaper political writer Jacob Ng'etich as his new Director of Press Service.

Ng'etich now replaces Salim Swaleh who was arrested and prosecuted for aiding fraudsters to defraud foreigners.

Ng'etich has been a long-serving political writer at the Standard where he was a senior political reporter.

Insiders said Ng'etich reported to his new station last week and has been sharing some press releases from the office.

Before his appointment, Ng'etich served as a journalist at Nation Media and 11 years at the Standard group.

With 19 years in reporting news and political analysis, Ng'etich will be in charge of communication at Mudavadi's executive office and his role as the Cabinet Secretary for Foreign and Diaspora Affairs.

Mudavadi's role is to assist President William Ruto and his deputy Rigathi Gachagua in the coordination and supervision of government ministries and state departments as well as being in charge of the Foreign and Diaspora Affairs docket.

He also Chairs and coordinates the national government legislative agenda across all ministries and state departments in consultation with and for transmission to the Coalition Leaders in Parliament.

Mudavadi also among the key roles chairs the Principal Secretaries Committees and supervises the technical monitoring and evaluation of government policies, programs and projects and performs any other function as may be assigned by the President.