Mr. Davis Chirchir was appointed Cabinet Secretary in the Ministry of Roads and Transport on 8th August, 2024 by H.E. President William Samoei Ruto.

H.E. President Ruto’s Executive Order No 2 of 2023 outlining the Organization of the Government of the Republic of Kenya, published on 1st November 2023, placed two State Departments within the purview of Mr. Chirchir; State Department for Roads and State Department Transport, bestowing upon him the responsibility of overseeing institutional, infrastructural, legal, policy, regulatory mandates and reforms in the two critical sectors.

By virtue of his position, Mr. Chirchir is also in charge of key state agencies domiciled under the two State Departments. They are:

v Kenya Ports Authority (KPA);

v Kenya Railways Corporation (KRC);

v Kenya Civil Aviation Authority (KCAA);

v Kenya Airports Authority (KAA);

v National Transport and Safety Authority (NTSA)

v LAPSSET (Lamu Port-South Sudan-Ethiopia Transport Corridor) Development Authority

v Nairobi Metropolitan Area Transport (NAMATA) Authority

v Kenya National Highways Authority (KeNHA);

v Kenya Rural Roads Authority (KeRRA);

v Kenya Urban Roads Authority (KURA);

v Engineers Board of Kenya (EBK) and

v Kenya Roads Board (KRB).

Mr. Chirchir has a wealth of experience in project development, management and execution, strategic leadership and financial management.

He served as General Manager at Kenya Posts and Telecommunications Corporation (KPTC) where he coordinated the restructuring of KPTC to create Telkom Kenya, Communications Commission of Kenya, Postal Corporation of Kenya and staff Pension Fund. He also coordinated the privatization of Telkom Kenya and liberalization of the tele-communications industry which ushered in Kenya’s mobile revolution, through emergence of industry players such as Safaricom. He was a member of the Technology Committee at Nairobi Stock Exchange and supported the computerization of the Central Depository and Trading System.

Mr. Chirchir was a Commissioner at the Interim Independent Electoral Commission (IIEC) where he spearheaded the introduction and application of information technology and reform initiatives in voter registration and election results management, restoring confidence in the management of the electoral process in the country.

Prior to his appointment, Mr. Chirchir served as the Cabinet Secretary in the Ministry of Energy and Petroleum.

Mr. Chirchir holds a Masters of Business Administration in International Management from Royal Holloway School of Management, University of London. He also holds a postgraduate diploma in Teletraffic Engineering and a Bachelor of Science Degree in Computer Science and Physics from the University of Nairobi.