General (Rtd) Samson Mwathethe, the Chairman of the Board of Directors, is the immediate former Chief of Defence Forces of the Republic of Kenya. He retired from the Kenya Defence Forces in May 2020 after serving as the Chief of the Kenya Defence Forces for years. He currently heads the Oceans and Blue Economy Office. He has held various command appointments, including Vice Chief of the Defence Forces,

Commander Kenya Navy, Deputy Commander Kenya Navy, Kenya Navy Logistics Commander, Base Commander Mtongwe and Fleet Commander.

His other appointments included Chief of Systems & Procurement, Department of Defence, Command of individual Kenya Navy Ships, Staff Officer Operations at Navy Headquarters, 86 Squadron Commander and Staff Officer I Coordination at the Department of Defence. His other professional and military training includes International Sub-Lieutenants Course (UK), International Principal Warfare (IPWO) Course (UK), Missiles Course (Italy) and the Royal Naval Staff College, Greenwich, (UK) in 1989. He also attended the Defence Resource Management Course in Monterey, USA in 1998, and the National Defence College in Nairobi, Kenya in 2000.

He also served with the United Nations as a Military Observer in Kuwait/Iraq and Yugoslavia in 1991/92. His decorations include Elder of the Golden Heart of Kenya (EGH), Distinguished Conduct Order (DCO), Moran of the Burning Spear (MBS), among others. General (Rtd) Samson Mwathethe born in 1958 and went to Sacred Heart High School in Mombasa, before joining the Kenya Navy in April 1978. He was commissioned in 1980 as a Seaman Officer after attending Britannia Royal Naval College, Dartmouth.

General (Rtd) Mwathethe brings to the KenGen Board immense wealth of experience in strategy and leadership which will steer KenGen on our noble mandate to generate reliable, safe and competitively priced electric energy for the nation and diversify the business to expand the revenue streams. Under General Mwathethe’s leadership, KenGen is committed to strengthening its stakeholder relations as we continue to build a responsive and dynamic business that takes into account the emerging technological advancements and social trends.