Mr. Mohamed Liban is the Principal Secretary for the State Department for Petroleum having been appointed to the position in December, 2022. Prior to the appointment, he was the Chairman of the Ewaso Ng’iro North Development Authority, a position he held from 2019.

Mr. Liban has a wealth of leadership capabilities having served as Regional Elections Coordinator under the Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission from 2009 - 2017. Other positions held include Regional Health Manager with the Kenya Red Cross Society and Deputy Chief Clinical Officer at the Ministry of Health.

Among other qualifications, Mr. Liban holds a Masters of Public Health and Epidemiology from Kenyatta University, Higher National Diploma in Cataract Surgery from the Kenya Medical Training College (KMTC), International Diploma in Community Eye Health from London University and, Higher National Diploma in Ophthalmology from KMTC. He has also attended several Human Resource Management courses. The PS is a Life Member of the Kenya Society for the Blind and Kenya Red Cross Society.