Hon. Wavinya Ndeti was appointed as Chief Administrative Secretary for the State Department for Public Works and also State Department for Shipping and Maritime in the Ministry of Transport, Infrastructure, Housing, Urban Development and Public Works on Tuesday, 14th January 2020 by His Excellency President Uhuru Kenyatta following a reshuffle and new appointments of Chief Administrative Secretaries.
As the Chief Administrative Secretary for Public Works, she is responsible in providing policy direction and coordinating all matters related to construction, rehabilitation and maintenance of Public Buildings and other Public Works.
“I thank the Almighty God for his boundless grace. I thank His Excellency President Uhuru Kenyatta for giving me this opportunity to serve the people of this great country as the Chief Administrative Secretary for Transport.
“It’s time to get down to work and get the wheels moving,”
In discharging it’s functions, the state Department is guided by detailed mandate through Executive Order No. 1/2016 notably:
- Public Works Policy and Planning.
- Public office Accommodation Lease Management.
- Maintenance of Inventory of Government Property in Liaison with the National Treasury.
- Overseeing Provision of Mechanical and Electrical (Building) Services to Public Buildings.
- Supplies branch and Co-ordination of Procurement of Common – User Items by Government ministries.
- Development and management of Government Buildings
Also, in the state Department of Shipping and Maritime, she is responsible in spearheading the following strategic objectives:
- Development and Implementation of the maritime transport Policy.
- Operationalization of the Maritime shipping Act, 2009.
- Establishment of a maritime training School of excellence.
- Establishment of a maritime accident investigation Unit.
- Establishment of a maritime fund. Implementation of maritime convention
Wavinya’s Background
Hon. Wavinya Ndeti holds a MSc Business Systems Analysis and Design (1992) from City University, Bachelor of Science in Computer Studies (1995) from South Bank University and also Masters in Business Administration in Marketing (1998) from Heriot-Watt University. Hon. Wavinya Ndeti has also attended Advanced Diploma in Computer Studies from West London College and South Bank University. She is also a graduate member of the British Computing Society. She has a vast experience in public sector management. Among other trainings, Madam Wavinya Ndeti has attended a conference of Africa’s Great Women in decision making in the United Arab Emirates, Dubai where she was elected the Vice President to represent East Africa Region.
She joins the ministry of Transport, Infrastructure, Housing, Urban Development and Public Works from the Kenya Water Institute (KEWI the center of excellence in training, research, consultancy and outreach for the water and related sectors where she was the Chair Governing Council since 7 February 2019. CAS Wavinya Ndeti has also previously served as a Member of Parliament for the Kathiani Constituency in the 10th Kenyan parliament.
She was the first and so far only woman to have represented the constituency since independence. CAS Wavinya Ndeti was appointed to a grand coalition government as a Co-assistant Minister for Youth and Sports. She was a Wiper Democratic Movement -Kenya candidate for Machakos Governor in 2017 where she garnered 0ver 209,000 votes in a disputed poll which saw the incumbents election initially overturned at the Court of Appeal. The petition was ultimately decided at the Supreme Court in favor of Alfred Mutua