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President Uhuru Kenyatta has formally appointed lawyer Gershom Otachi as the National Land Commission chairperson, taking over from Muhammad Swazuri, whose 6-year tenure at the helm of the agency ended on February 19, 2019.
In a Gazette Notice Number 9339, dated Wednesday, October 2, 2019, the Head of State said Otachi’s 6-year term in office and that of eight other new commissioners begins on October 2, 2019.
Otachi is joined at the Commission by Esther Murugi, James Tuitoek, Getrude Nguku, Reginald Okumu, Hubbie Hussein, Alister Mutugi, Kazungu Kambi and Tiya Galgalo.
On August 20, President Kenyatta forwarded the names of the nine NLC-nominees to Parliament for vetting and subsequent approval.
On Tuesday, October 1, the National Assembly okayed the 9-member team to take over the running of the NLC despite Galgalo and Kambi facing hurdles at the vetting stage.
The new NLC chairperson, Otachi, was among the battery of lawyers who represented President Kenyatta during his ICC case at The Hague.
