Edward Kinyua has taken over as the new Director-General of the Energy and Petroleum Regulatory Authority (Epra), headlining a list of three key appointments in the country’s energy sector.
Mr Kinyua takes over from Daniel Kiptoo, was resigned from the position in April this year in the wake of a controversial importation of an emergency cargo of petrol outside the Government-to-Government (G-to-G) deal.
Besides Mr Kinyua, Stephen Busieney has been confirmed as the Managing Director and CEO of Geothermal Development Company (GDC) while Tom Imbo takes over in the same position at the Kenya Electricity Transmission Company (Ketraco).
The three senior-most positions at Epra, GDC and Ketraco fell vacant due to resignation, sacking and a government decision not to renew the term of one of the CEOs.
Mr Busieney has been acting since November 2025 having replaced Paul Ngugi who exited after the State opted not to renew his term for a final three years, while Mr Imbo replaces John Mativo who was sacked in the same month.
‘The appointments, which are to take effect immediately, are a culmination of rigorous recruitment processes undertaken in accordance with the applicable laws and relevant human resource guidelines by the respective Boards of Directors of Ketraco, GDC and Epra,’ Energy and Petroleum CS Opiyo Wandayi said on Wednesday when he confirmed the appointments.
The three will serve for an initial three-year term, renewable once subject to performance and other parameters set by the respective boards of directors.
They are tasked with overseeing a number of key projects and regulatory changes in the energy sector that the State is betting on to further open up the space and bolster electricity generation and transmission.
For example, Ketraco is set to deliver Kenya’s first Public Private Partnership-funded power transmission lines, while the GDC is tasked with ramping up production of geothermal power at Menengai and the Bogoria-Silale areas.
Epra is also undertaking major regulatory changes to open up Kenya’s electricity distribution space to more firms besides sanctioning the onboarding of new power plants to the national grid.
Prior to this appointment, Mr Kinyua had been the Director of Petroleum and Gas at Epra, while Mr Busieney was the General Manager, Finance and Investment at GDC before he took over from Mr Ngugi in an acting capacity.
Mr Imbo was the acting General Manager for Finance at Ketraco prior to his latest appointment to replace Mr Mativo who was sacked amid allegations of flawed procurement and a fall-out with the board.
Mr Kiptoo, the former Managing Director of Epra, resigned in April this year and was then arrested over an emergency cargo of petrol that was imported in March this year outside the G-to-G deal.
The latest appointments have left only Kenya Pipeline Company (KPC) and National Oil Corporation of Kenya (Nock) as public firms in the energy sector that do not have substantive CEOs.
Joe Sang, KPC’s former chief executive, resigned alongside Mr Kiptoo while the CEO position at Nock fell vacant following the end of the allowable six-year term for Leparan Morintat.