Former Controller of Budget Agnes Odhiambo has been appointed the chairperson of the board of the National Transport and Safety Authority (NTSA).

President Uhuru Kenyatta yesterday appointed Ms Odhiambo to the new post for a term of three years.

NTSA has not had a substantive board chairperson since the former chairman, Lt-Gen (Rtd) Jackson Waweru left in 2019.

Meanwhile, President Kenyatta has also appointed the former vice-chancellor of Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology, Prof Mabel Imbuga, as the new chairperson of the board of the anti-drug abuse agency Nacada.

Like NTSA, the Nacada board was being headed by an acting chairperson, Ms Margret Moitallel.