Eliud Owalo is currently the Deputy Chief of Staff in charge of performance and delivery Management in the Executive Office of the President of Kenya. [1] Previously, he was Cabinet Secretary for Information, Communication & Digital Economy in the Cabinet of Kenya since 2022. [2] Other previous positions include Managing Consultant, Eliud & Associates Management Consultants and Director/Council Member – Kenya School of Government.
Eliud is a Fellow of the Institute of Human Resource Management; Fellow of the Economists Society of Kenya; Member, Institute of Economic Affairs; Full Member, Kenya Institute of Management; Member of the Professional Trainers’ Association of Kenya; and a Former Director/Council Member of the Kenya School of Government.
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