The Kenya Medical Supplies Authority (KEMSA) Board has picked Ms. Terry Ramadhani Kiunge as the new substantive Chief Executive Officer.
Ms. Kiunge, a former aide of Uhuru Kenyatta, worked as a Senior Director at the Presidential Delivery Unit which is tasked with delivering the President’s agenda.
She will now assume organization leadership, taking over from Mr. John Kabuchi, who has been serving in an acting capacity. Ms. Kiunge effectively replaces the outgoing substantive CEO, Dr Jonah Manjari, whose contract expires next month.
Before her KEMSA appointment, Ms Kiunge served as the Aga Khan University Director Academy HR and Global Change.
According to KEMSA, Ms. Kiunge is a Seasoned human resources Management practitioner with over 19 years of experience in the fields of Human Resource Development, organizational transformation, process re-engineering, and implementation.
She holds a Masters in Business Administration (MBA) from the University of Liverpool, Adaptive Leadership Certification from the Harvard Kennedy School and a Bachelor of Education from Kenyatta University. She is a certified project management professional and a member of the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development (CIPD).
She has held several strategic and leadership positions in the health sector, both in the Public and Private sectors.
At PDU, she provided essential project management, monitoring and evaluation support for several national government Health pillar flagship projects, including the Universal Health Coverage (UHC).
She also previously served as a KEMSA Board Member and extended invaluable support to the Board and Management.
In Ms Kiunge, the KEMSA Board is confident that the organisational transformation agenda will be sustained and professionally executed.
“The Board is united in its resolve to facilitate the proper positioning of KEMSA as an effective Health Products and Technologies (HPTs) supply chain provider in the local public health space. Therefore, the new KEMSA CEO will be expected to spearhead and sustain the necessary reforms geared at guaranteeing ethical and cost-effective operations.”
