Mr. Gitonga Mugambi, EBS is the Principal Secretary, State Department for Forestry, through an Executive Office of the President; Notification of Presidential Action (II) of 16/05/2023.
Mr Mugambi was re-assigned from the Ministry of Water, Sanitation and Irrigation where he served as Principal Secretary, State Department for Irrigation from 1st December 2022 through a Gazette Notice No.14712.
Prior to his appointment as Principal Secretary, Mr Mugambi was serving his second term as the Chief Executive Officer of the National Irrigation Authority (NIA), a role he assumed in May 2016, first in an acting capacity before his full appointment on 1st August 2017.
Mr Mugambi is a holder of an MBA in Strategic Management from Kenya Methodist University and a Bachelor of Science degree in Agronomy from the University of Nairobi. Additionally, he holds the Elder of the Order of the Burning Spear (EBS) state commendation published via gazette notice Vol. CXXIII-No. 255.
Mr. Gitonga Mugambi is an accomplished Agronomist with a working experience of over 25 years in planning and strategy, resource mobilization and formulation of irrigation development programmes among them the Economic Stimulus Programme.