Chirchir appointed chief of staff Office of President

Davis Chirchir has been appointed the Chief of Staff at the Executive Office of the President.

In a confidential letter from the Head of Public service Joseph Kinyua directing Cabinet secretaries and principal secretaries not to leave the country unless their exit is approved by the President, the name of Chirchir featured as the chief of staff in the office of president.

He previously served as Chief of Staff office of the deputy president, previously occupied by William Ruto who was elected president in the August 9 polls.

Chirchir was appointed into the DP’soffice by the Public Service Commission, on March 1, 2022, replacing the late Ken Osinde.

Before then, Chirchir served as the Energy and Petroleum CS from April 2013, until his suspension in March 2015.

Chirchir was Jubilee’s Party presidential agent in 2017.

He and Ruto have been allies since 2012, when the President was assembling members for his former party, the United Republican Party (URP).

In 2009, Chirchir served as the Information Technology Director at the defunct Interim Independent Electoral Commission (IIEC).

He holds a Master of Business Administration Degree from the Royal Holloway University in London, United Kingdom.

Chirchir also has a Bachelor of Science Degree in Computer Science and Physics from the University of Nairobi.