Mary Jane Mwangi on the ejector seat at NOCK

摘要

It looks as though Mary Jane Mwangi, therninterim managing director of National OilrnCorp of Kenya (NOCK) has lost her bet.rnDespite being the board of directors’ preferredrnchoice, with notable support fromrnformer chairman Daniel Wamahiu, whornis currently in the running for a seat at thernSenate ( AEI 791), there has been a majorrnsnag to Mwangi’s bid. Until now, her candidaturernhas been blocked by energy andrnoil minister Charles Keter. It did seemrnfor a time that the recruitment processrnwas angling to let the acting director permanentlyrntake over the helm of the Staterunrncompany ( AEI 783). The NOCK toprnseat has become an increasingly prisedrnposition with the mounting number ofrndiscoveries in the Lokichar basinrn(currently at nearly one billionrnbarrels). Kenyan presidentrnUhuru Kenyatta may want tornkeep a certain number of publicrnoffice positions vacant, ones thatrncome with a sizeable paycheck, to bernable to reward key players for the activernsupport they will have pitched before thernpresidential elections in August. Mwangirndoes have her own network of allies,rnincluding Tullow Oil’s country managingrndirector Martin Mbogo.