Uhuru appoints new National Land Commission chairperson

Newly appointed National Land Commission chair Gershom Otachi. [Photo/Daily Nation]

Uhuru appoints Gershom Otachi as new National Land Commission chairperson

President Uhuru Kenyatta has officially appointed city lawyer Gershom Otachi chairman of the National Land Commission.

Otachi was appointed with 8 other commissioners after they were all approved by the National Assembly prior to a vetting process.

The appointments were gazetted 48 hours after their names were approved by parliament.

Otachi will serve as the National Land Commission chairman for a six-year nonrenewable term.

Below is the gazette notice with the list of all 8 commissioners appointed to the NLC.

The gazette notice. [Photo/PSCU]