Eng. Joster Imbuchi Onyango

EDUCATION & PROFESSIONAL QUALIFICATIONS

• BSc. (Hons) Civil Engineering, University of Nairobi
• MSc. (Structural Engineering), UMIST, Manchester, UK
• Registered Consulting Engineer & Corporate Member Institution of Engineers of Kenya

KEY SKILLS AND COMPETENCIES

• 44 years post qualification experience, 22 years at senior executive level, in providing strategic and operational leadership in infrastructure planning, design, construction and project management.
• Possesses vast railway experience in strategy development, integrated design of transport system and interoperability (end-to-end service provision), operations, railway operational costing and financial management (costing of transport service provision and establishing pricing of transport service. and monitoring that will ensure clear and smart objectives are set, agreed, delivered and maintained;

SELECTED KEY RESPONSIBILITIES

• Railway Expert/ African Union Commission (2024)  

• Engineering Design Consultant 2017-2024: 
• Technical Adviser/ Consultant to NEPAD South Africa & Africa Union Commission on Development of Africa Continental High Speed Railway Master Plan.
• Transport Corridor Development Consultant with CPCS Consultants of Canada
• Bridges & Structural Engineer, UNICONSULT Engineering Consultants, Kenya

• Railway Adviser/ Consultant to East African Community Secretariat, Arusha, Tanzania (2014-2016).
• Lead Consultant on Development on 5 year – Strategic Business Plan 2015-2030 for Djibouti Railway Group.   
• General Manager (Concession) & Head of Technical Division (2006-2012), Kenya Railways.

• Lead Project Counterpart/Concession Manager, Kenya Railways (2002-2006) worked with International FinanceCorporation (IFC), the Lead Transaction Adviser on the concession of Kenya & Uganda Railways. Secretary to Joint Kenya-Uganda Railway Commission.

• Chief Executive Officer, Kenrail Consultants Ltd (KCL) (1995-2001), an Engineering & Project ManagementConsultancy company.