President William Ruto has appointed former Taita Taveta Governor Granton Samboja as the Chair of the Board of Directors of the Pyrethrum Processing Company in the latest round of government appointments.

Through a gazette notice, Samboja was one of three Ruto appointees and is set to serve at the helm for three years. "In exercise of the powers conferred by section 6 of the State Corporations Act, I, William Samoei Ruto, President of the Republic of Kenya and Commander-in-Chief of the Defence Forces, appoint-Granton Samboja to be the Non-Executive Chairperson of the Board of Directors of the Pyrethrum Processing Company of Kenya, for a period of three (3) years," the notice read.

Samboja was the second Governor of Taita Taveta, serving from 2017 to 2022.

He was elected on a Wiper Democratic Movement ticket.