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Eng. Meshack Otieno Kidenda MBS, HSC is an experienced engineer and public sector leader with more than four decades of experience in infrastructure development, transport engineering, public administration and corporate governance. He holds a Bachelor of Science in Civil Engineering from the University of Nairobi and a Master of Science in Traffic Engineering from the University of Birmingham, United Kingdom.
He is a Registered Consulting Engineer with the Engineers Board of Kenya, a Fellow of the Institution of Engineers of Kenya, and a Member of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators. Eng. Kidenda joined the Government of Kenya’s Roads Department in 1979 and rose through various engineering and leadership roles, including Chief Engineer Roads.
He later served as Director of Industrial Training from 2000 to 2008 and as the first Director General of the Kenya National Highways Authority from 2008 to 2014. He retired from public service in June 2016.
Eng. Kidenda has served on several boards and governing councils, including the Kenya Advanced Institute of Science and Technology, The Kisumu National Polytechnic, National Transport and Safety Authority, Infrastructure Development Advisory Services, Wigot Gardens Hotel, St. Albert’s Girls High School and the Institute for Transportation and Development Policy, Africa.
