As it appears, President Uhuru Kenyatta has appointed and re-appointed a number of 2017 General Election losers and close allies and relatives of key political figures.
Among appointees are Uhuru’s brother-in-law Victor Pratt and Baringo Senator Gideon Moi’s wife Zahra Bahlewa who will now chair Retirement Benefits Authority and sit as member at Tourism Research Institute respectively.
In a gazette notice published on May 3rd, Rotich retained Pratt as the chairman of the Retirement Benefits Authority.
He is expected to head the authority for the next three years effective 1st June 2019.
Pratt was re-appointed to the position which he held since 21st May, 2016.
He is a graduate in Business Administration from Fairleigh Dickinson University, USA and has undertaken post-graduate studies in Industrial Development at the Irish Management Institute in Dublin, Ireland.
Pratt is married to Kristina Pratt, previously known as Christine Wambui Kenyatta, who is Uhuru’s elder sister.
The two are blessed with four children and Kristina works as a special education teacher.
She also doubles up as an ambassador for the visually impaired and has established many facilities for the disabled in Kenya.