Mr. Kennedy Ondieki

Mr. Kennedy Ondieki Alternate Director to National Treasury Alternate to the Principal Secretary, National Treasury, and Director responsible for Government Investments and Public Enterprises. Profile Mr. Kennedy Ondieki is the Alternate to the Principal Secretary, National Treasury and is the Director in charge of the Government Investments and Public Enterprises Department. He is responsible for developing strategic objectives and policies relating to the fiscal and financial oversight and management of state corporations; appraisal of state corporations' strategic and corporate plans, projects, other investments and annual budgets; spearheading approvals with respect to policy issues and financing agreements relating to state corporations' borrowings, direct Government loans and on-lent loans; and reforms and restructuring of state corporations including financial, legal and organizational restructuring, mergers and acquisitions. Mr. Ondieki has a Master of Business Administration in Strategic Management from Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology and a Bachelor of Arts (Hons) in Economics from the University of Nairobi. He is a qualified Certified Public Accountant and a member of ICPAK in good standing as well as a qualified Certified Public Secretary. Mr. Ondieki has long working experience in the public sector spanning over twenty-five years, of which over twenty years have been at The National Treasury in senior management positions. He has served in a number of taskforces as a member or representing The National Treasury to provide strategic public policy direction. Mr. Ondieki has served on a number of boards as Alternate Director, representing The National Treasury, including Kenya Maritime Authority, South Nyanza Sugar Company Limited, Kenya Reinsurance Corporation Limited, State Corporations Advisory Committee, National Government Constituency Development Fund and Kenya Electricity Generating Company, among others. Mr. Ondieki also undertook a short-term mission assignment with the International Monetary Fund (IMF) to the Government of Liberia to prepare a financial reporting framework and provide terms of reference and structure for a department in the Ministry of Finance, Liberia, to coordinate financial reporting and enhance public financial management reporting for State Owned Enterprises. The framework and structure for financial management reporting for State Owned Enterprises in the Government of Liberia was established and is operational upon the recommendations of the mission. Mr. Ondieki has also undertaken a short-term mission assignment with the IMF in Zanzibar to support the establishment of the Office of the Treasury Registrar. He has attended several work improvement skills development trainings, workshops and seminars including the Program on Investment Appraisal and Risk Analysis offered at Queen's University, John Deutsch International Executive Programme, Canada; Corporate Governance Training Course by Centre for Corporate Governance and Commonwealth Association of Corporate Governance; Public Policy Analysis at Strathmore Business School; Strategic Leadership Development Programme; and Risk Based Internal Auditing, Process Analysis and Risk Assessment.