Interior Cabinet Secretary Kipchumba Murkomen has appointed two new members to the board of the National Cybersecurity Agency (NCA), bringing expertise in artificial intelligence, data-centre infrastructure and cybersecurity research to the newly established body’s governing team.
According to Gazette Notice No. 14420, Murkomen appointed Lorna Ogolla Omondi and Dr Jerop Joy Kibor to the NCA board for a three-year term, effective September 11, 2026. The appointments were made under the State Corporations (National Cybersecurity Agency) Order, 2026, the legal instrument that provides the institutional framework for the agency.
The Ministry of Interior and National Administration had earlier described the agency’s mandate in stark terms, saying its creation “marks a significant step in Kenya’s efforts to secure its rapidly expanding digital ecosystem and safeguard critical information infrastructure that supports national security, public service delivery, economic activity and the daily lives of millions of Kenyans.”
Murkomen has previously said the agency is intended to close existing operational gaps in the country’s response to fraud, ransomware, data breaches and attacks on critical infrastructure.
Ogolla, daughter of the late General Francis Omondi Ogolla, Kenya’s former Chief of Defence Forces who died in a helicopter crash in April 2024, brings extensive experience in technology infrastructure and artificial intelligence to the role.
Her academic background spans MIT, the University of Cambridge and Stanford, and she spent eight years at Google, where she rose to lead a team advising the company on the location, timing and scale of its global data-centre investments.
Kibor brings a different but complementary background, spanning the energy sector, cybersecurity, artificial intelligence and higher education. Her career includes a stint at Kenya Power, a tutorial fellowship at Kenyatta University, and four years lecturing in cybersecurity and AI at Kiriri Women’s University. She holds a PhD and currently serves as Head of Postgraduate Studies in ICT at Zetech University.
The two appointments follow the naming of the agency’s board chairperson last month. In a separate Gazette Notice dated August 21, 2026, President William Ruto appointed Martin Koyabe as the National Cybersecurity Agency’s non-executive Board Chairperson.
That earlier notice, together with several others issued the same day, formed part of a broader round of appointments across state boards, including the Railway Development Levy Fund Board and the Kenya Medical Training College.
The National Cybersecurity Agency itself was established following Parliament’s approval of the government’s request for Sh4 billion to set it up as an autonomous regulatory and technical body responsible for coordinating national cybersecurity efforts.
It is designed to sit at the centre of Kenya’s institutional response to a fast-growing range of digital threats, providing oversight and strategic direction as the country works to strengthen protection of its critical digital infrastructure amid rising cases of fraud, ransomware and data breaches nationally.
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