AFRO-NETS> CAFS Board Names New Director

[Margaret Anaminyi <MAnaminyi@cafs.org>]

CAFS Board Names New Director
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NAIROBI -- On 24 October 2002, the Centre for African Family Studies 
(CAFS) Board appointed Ms. Jacqui Muka as the next Director. Ms. Muka 
will replace the present Director, Dr. Pape Syr Diagne, who has de-
cided not to renew his contract, to reduce his professional responsi-
bilities. She will be the Centre's first woman director since the 
Centre was founded in 1975. The appointment starts officially on 15 
January 2003.

Ms. Muka, is not only a qualified finance specialist but also an ex-
cellent manager. Jacqui's career spans 16 years. She started out as 
an auditor with Deloitte and Touche (then Deloitte Haskins and Sells) 
for a four-year period before joining CAFS in 1990 as the Budget Con-
troller at its headquarters in Nairobi. She later successively became 
Finance Officer and Head of Finance Section, Senior Finance Officer 
and Head of the Finance and Administration Department and finally 
Deputy Director and Head of Finance and Administration Department.

Jacqui has an impressive track record with first hand knowledge of 
CAFS transition from a bureaucratic to a market-oriented organisation 
and she brings great energy to the directorship. Her extensive ex-
perience and commitment to market orientation will be an invaluable 
asset to CAFS in the coming months and years as it moves forward to 
achieving its institutional objectives.

Commenting on the appointment, Dr Pape Syr Diagne said: "She is 
qualified - has what it takes to steer CAFS forward to achieve its 
objectives. Jacqui is a first class manager. But she is more than 
that. She is dedicated to CAFS' mission. I am very pleased that she 
has been promoted to head the Centre and have every confidence that 
she will perform well."

During her acceptance remarks, Jacqui said: "I consider it both an 
honour and a privilege to be given the challenge to guide the Centre 
through what I believe will be an exciting and at the same time 
daunting path to sustainability."

Ms. Muka, 38, is a Kenyan citizen. She earned a bachelor's degree in 
Commerce from the University of Nairobi, Kenya, and a Master of Sci-
ence in Management and Certificate in Public Management from Stanford 
University's Graduate School of Business, California, USA. Jacqui is 
also a certified public accountant. Her bilingual skills (English and 
French) will put her at ease with her colleagues in Nairobi and 
Lom=E9 as well as in her interactions with both Anglophone and Fran-
cophone countries.

The Centre for African Family Studies is an African institution dedi-
cated to strengthening the capacities of organisations and individu-
als working in the field of reproductive health, population and de-
velopment in order to contribute to improving the quality of life of 
families in sub-Saharan Africa.

CONTACT: 
Margaret Anaminyi
mailto:manaminyi@cafs.org

Centre for African Family Studies (CAFS)
Centre d'Etudes de la Famille Africaine (CEFA)
Pamstech House, Woodvale Grove, Westlands 
P.O. Box 60054
Nairobi, Kenya 
Tel: +254-2-444-8618 
Fax: +254-2-444-8621 
mailto:info@cafs.org 
http://www.cafs.org

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