Rebecca Miano

Rebecca Miano is a Kenyan lawyer who has served as the Cabinet Secretary for Investments, Trade & Industry since October 2023. She is the immediate former Cabinet Secretary for East African Community, the ASALs and Regional Development. Before joining Cabinet, she served as the Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer of KenGen Plc., the largest producer of electricity in the East African region from November 2017.[1] She was confirmed on 1 November 2017,[1] having served in acting capacity since August 2017.[2]

Rebecca Miano
Born1966 (age 56–57)
Kenya
Alma mater
Occupation(s)Lawyer and corporate executive
Years active1998 – present
TitleCS Ministry of Investments,Trade and Industry
PredecessorMoses Kuria

Background and education

She holds a Bachelor of Laws from the University of Nairobi and attended the Advocates Training Programme at the Kenya School of Law[1] She also holds a Master of Laws in Comparative Law, awarded by the Australian National University.[2]

Career

Rebecca Miano first worked at a Nairobi-based law firm, "Musyoka Annan & Company Advocates". Later, she worked at "Slater and Gordon", a law firm in Queensland, Australia.[2] In 1998, she joined Kenya Electricity Generating Company (KenGen), as assistant legal officer.[1] Over time, she rose in rank to become assistant company secretary. At the time of her promotion to Acting Managing Director, in August 2017, she was the Director of Legal Affairs and Company Secretary at KenGen, serving n both roles since 2008.[1][2]

In November 2017, she beat 90 other applicants and was appointed to her current position, replacing Albert Mugo , who retired after attaining the mandatory retirement age of 60 years.[1] She is currently the Cabinet Secretary for East Africa Community and Arid and Semi Arid Lands.[3] This announcement was made on the 27th of September 2022 by H.E Dr. William Samoei Ruto at State House, Kenya.

In 2023 she succeeded Moses Kuria as Trade Minister.[4]

Other considerations

Miano is the first and only female chief executive at KenGen. As of November 2017, she was one of the only two women in Kenya who lead a parastatal company, the only other woman being MaryJane Mwangi, the chief executive officer of National Oil Corporation of Kenya.[1] She is a member of the Law Society of Kenya, and a member of the Institute of Certified Public Secretaries of Kenya.[1] In 2010, she was decorated with the Order of the Grand Warrior of Kenya in recognition of her body of work.[2] In August 2020, Rebecca's exemplary leadership and outstanding corporate governance was awarded in the African Business Leadership Awards by African Leadership Magazine she won under the African Inspirational Business Leadership Award Category. Miano was appointed by the World Bank Group as a participating member to the Advisory Council on Gender and Development in June 2021 where she was to serve a-two-year-term.

See also

References
Wikiquote has quotations related to Rebecca Miano.
  1. Neville Otuki (1 November 2017), "Rebecca Miano confirmed KenGen CEO", Business Daily Africa, Nairobi: Nation Media Group, retrieved 25 October 2019
  2. Nancy Agutu (26 August 2017). "KenGen appoints Rebecca Miano acting CEO after Mugo retires". The Star (Kenya). Nairobi. Archived from the original on 26 August 2017. Retrieved 25 October 2019.
  3. "Rebecca Miano: Profile of Corporate Guru Named in Ruto's Cabinet - Kenyans.co.ke". www.kenyans.co.ke. 28 September 2022. Retrieved 30 August 2023.
  4. "Kenya's Foreign Minister Alfred Mutua demoted in Ruto cabinet reshuffle". BBC News. 5 October 2023. Retrieved 5 October 2023.
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