Moses Rugut

Mr. Rugut has served in various positions in the public service among them sitting in several boards over time. He sits in the board of National Quality Control Laboratory, Kenya Agricultural & Livestock Research Organization, Committee Member on Drug Registration at Pharmacy & Poisons Board since 1999 and National Museums of Kenya.He also served as the Director General of the defunct KARI that was de-gazetted and was preceded by a newly established state agency KALRO and as Deputy Secretary at the Ministry of Higher Education ,Science and Technology before being appointed the Chief Executive Officer , National Commission for Science, Technology and Innovation. He was awarded Head of State's Commendations in the year 2008 for his distinguished service to the nation and subsequently awarded with the Order of the Grand Warrior , OGW in the year 2016

He attended St. Patricks High School , Iten in Elgeyo Marakwet County for his Secondary Education and proceeded to University of Nairobi to pursue Bachelor of Science in Veterinary Medicine (1983).He holds a Master of Science in Tropical Veterinary Science from the University of Edinburgh (1992) and a PhD in Veterinary Parasitology from the University of Glasgow (1999).

Prof. Moses Kipng'eno Rugutt (born 22 August 1956) is a Kenyan Research Scientist and the immediate former (year 2020) Chief Executive Officer of the National Commission for Science, Technology and Innovation Prof. Rugutt was appointed to the position in 2014 having served in other senior positions in the Government of Kenya.