KIPI Board Holds Inaugural Meeting Following Appointment

The Institute’s new Board of Directors held its inaugural meeting after Hon. Lee Kinyanjui, the Cabinet Secretary, Ministry of Investments, Trade and Industry (MITI), gazetted the members.

Allan Kosgey, the KIPI Board Chairman, welcomed the Board Members including two new faces; Aileen Aluso Ingati, representing the Law Society of Kenya (LSK), and Lawrence Njenga representing the Kenya Association of Manufacturers (KAM). Kosgey congratulated the newly appointed members during the Meeting, which was held on March 19, 2026 in the Boardroom at the Institute’s KIPI Centre Offices, Lavington, Nairobi. 

“These appointments will strengthen and deepen the expertise of the Board and underscores the Government’s commitment to promoting Intellectual Property as a means of building our economy pursuant to HE the President’s Bottom-Up Economic Transformation Agenda,” the Chairman said. The two new members and three others who served in the previous Board whose term expired in July 2025 were gazetted by the Cabinet Secretary on March 13, 2026.

Those reappointed and attended the Board meeting are Prof. Elijah Omwenga, representing universities, Victoria Kaigai, representing KAM, and Richard Muteti, representing the Jua Kali and Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs) sector. Evelyn Mbaabu, representing the Director General, National Commission for Science, Technology and Innovation (NACOSTI), and the Managing Director John Onyango also attended the Meeting.

Thereafter the Board met the Institute’s staff where the Chairman praised them for their service to clients and other stakeholders and urged them to keep up the good work. “Our services play an important role in facilitating innovation and promoting productivity and competitiveness of our products and services in the market, which in turn leads to job creation, especially for our youth, for social and economic development of our country,” he said.