Management Team
Dr. Rukia Atikiya, Phd Director General, NITA
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![]() Festus Kitui
Manager, ICT
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Teresa Lagat
Manager, Internal Audit |
![]() Augustine Kiplagat Rono
Manager, Assessment & Certification
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A seasoned public-sector leader with over 22 years of progressive experience in skills development, quality management, programme management, assessment and certification, strategic partnerships, resource mobilization, and institutional capacity building. Previously served as Acting Manager, Standards & Quality Assurance, and later Acting Manager, Assessment & Certification at the National Industrial Training Authority (NITA) responsible for coordinating trade testing, National Skills Certificate and recognition of prior learning (RPL) programmes covering the formal and informal workplaces. Supported the development of a proposal to KOICA for establishing a Centre of Excellence in Building & Construction Engineering at NITA Athi River and implemented flagship programmes including World Bank (KYEOP), ILO BUSY, ILO FAIRWAY, and PROSPECTS. Accomplished in developing responsive proposals, monitoring and evaluation, policy implementation, and multi-agency collaboration to strengthen skills development and certification systems across national and county governments, the private sector, and development partners. Academic qualifications include an MA in Global Development & Entrepreneurship (Handong Global University, South Korea), B.Tech (Moi University), and a Postgraduate Diploma in Education (PGDE, Moi University); trained in strategic leadership, quality management, results-based management, and advanced monitoring & evaluation of projects; certified dual apprenticeship trainer (German Chambers). Member, National Quality Institute (NQI) and Kenya Association of Fundraising Professionals (KAFP). |
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Elvina Osodo
Manager, Supply Chain Management
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Julius M. Ndenge
Manager, Accounts
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Sammy Maiyo
Manager, Human Resource and Admin
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![]() CS- DR DOMINIC OMBOTO, PhD
Manager, Accreditation and Registration
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QUALIFICATIONS AND WORK EXPERIENCE Dr. Dominic Omboto is the Manager, Accreditation and Registration at the National Industrial Training Authority (NITA), a position he has held since May 2026. He brings extensive experience in education, research, strategy, policy development, quality assurance, and institutional leadership acquired over two decades of service in the public sector and academia. He began his career as a Physics and Mathematics teacher at Nyabururu Girls High School before joining the Public Service Commission and being deployed to the National Youth Service Technical College as a Building Construction lecturer. During his nine years at the institution, he taught Technical Drawing, Mathematics, and Financial Accounting at both Diploma and Certificate levels. In 2018, Dr. Omboto joined the TVET Authority as Assistant Director, Research and Strategy. In this role, he led several transformative initiatives, including guiding the Authority to ISO 9001:2015 certification, developing research policies and procedures, introducing the Kenya Journal of TVET (KJ-TVET), establishing a customer service charter, and spearheading business process re-engineering. In 2022, he moved to the Nairobi Metropolitan Area Transport Authority (NaMATA) as Deputy Director, Corporate Policy, Research and Strategy before joining NITA. Academically, Dr. Omboto holds a PhD in Business Administration (Strategic Management), an MBA (Strategic Management), a Bachelor of Education in Building and Civil Engineering, CPA(K), CPS(K), a Higher Diploma in Human Resource Management, and a Professional Certificate in Project Management from Google. He has further enhanced his expertise through executive and professional training in leadership, management, quality auditing, and integrity assurance. Beyond his institutional roles, Dr. Omboto has served on the KASNEB Examinations Technical Sub-Committee, advised the National Construction Authority on research matters, and consulted for numerous organizations on strategic planning, curriculum development, governance, and competency-based education and training. He also has over 13 years of university teaching experience across several institutions. His professional interests include strategic planning, leadership and ethics, corporate governance, research, curriculum development, and competence-based education and training. |
![]() Joshua Aburi
Manager Quality Assurance
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![]() MUSA O. OPUK
Manager Industrial Training Development
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QUALIFICATIONS AND WORK EXPERIENCE Being a Corporate Governance, Project Management, Partnerships and Capacity Building Specialist, he joined NITA Senior Management Team in April 2026 extolling his 20 years of work experience in public service. Before joining NITA in 2015, he previously worked with Public Service Commission, IEBC, Kibos and Mumias Sugar Industriesy.He holds MBA in Strategic Management from the University of Nairobi, a Bachelor of Technology Education (Electrical & Electronics Engineering) from the University of Eldoret and Diploma in Electrical Engineering from Kisumu Polytechnic. He is skilled in Solar PV & Renewable Energy from IEET JKUAT and a graduate Technical Trainer from the KTTC. Professional qualifications includes Strategic Leadership Development (SLDP) and Senior Management Course (SMC) from Kenya School of Government, ISO 9001:2015 Internal Quality Auditor based on ISO 19011:2011 & Enterprise Risk Management Specialist. Current Serving Responsibilities include; A Certified Trustee Serving at the NITA Staff Pension Scheme Board of Trustees; A Governing Council Member of Kenya Institute of Management (KIM) and Chairperson KIM Kisumu Branch; Internationally, he is an alumni of International Training Centre of the ILO having studied Financing Industry Skills Development particularly funding models, strategies, partnerships, best global practices and sustainability in Turin Italy; Represented and made presentations in Dubai, UAE conference on Global trends in pension ecosystem; In Singapore - Global Lessons Shaping the Future, Securing Sustainable Growth Through Leadership, Investment & Innovation and ; in Cape Town, South Africa - The Portfolio of The Future: Unlocking the Possibilities of Alternative Investments. He therefore brings this wealth of knowledge, experience and expertise to NITA’s critical department of Industrial Training Development in administering industrial training schemes namely Apprenticeships (furthering ILO convention Recommendation 208 on quality apprenticeships); Indentured Learnership; Industrial Attachments and Skills Upgrading programs for employers in Kenya and beyond. Additionally he will strive to help the Authority strengthen partnerships and linkages between the Industry and training institutions as per the scope of Industrial Training Act Cap. 237 Laws of Kenya. |
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![]() Dr. Okemwa Benard Onserio, Phd
Manager Levy Administration
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![]() Alloys Michael Ambuli, MIET(K)
Manager Industrial Training Research and Curriculum Development
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