15 candidates shortlisted for controller of budget post

Fifteen candidates have been shortlisted for the controller of budget post.

These were selected out of 87 applications submitted to the Public Service Commission.

They include; Judith Akuma, Duncan Otieno, Edith King'ori, Leornard Lari, James Akeyo, Justus Nyamunga, Celestine Munda, Stephen Masha, Muinde Patrick, Karen Njeri, Macklin Ogolla, Elizabeth Mwathi, Margaret Nyang'ate, Abubakar Abdirahman and William Kirwa.

In a gazette notice seen on Friday, the shortlisted candidates will go for an interview from 9th October to October 14 from 9 am to 12:30 pm.

PSC launched the search for the next Controller of Budget with an advertisement of the vacancy.

Agnes Odhiambo, who was sworn in as Kenya’s first Controller of Budget on August 27, 2011, exited the stage after an eight-year stint at the helm of the independent office.

The state employment agency invited applications for the highly coveted office by September 9.

Qualifications for the position include being a Kenyan citizen with extensive knowledge of public finance or at least 10 years' experience in auditing public finance management.

The Controller of Budget holds the office for a non-renewable term of eight years and has the constitutional mandate of superintending public expenditure through periodic reports.