Joseline Ogai

Mr. Joseline Sikwabu Ogai is an experienced expert and leader in national planning, strategic planning, tax policy, macro economic policy design and formulation and tax policy research. His career has spanned over 3 decades in the public sector, in the Planning Ministry, National Treasury and the Kenya Revenue Authority (KRA).

As the former Deputy Commissioner in KRA in charge of Research and Corporate (strategic) Planning (2006-2020), he was responsible for formulation of the Authority’s Strategic Plans, developing and overseeing the Authority’s tax research agenda, revenue forecasting and revenue reporting, coordination of the Authority’s revenue enhancement programs as well as liaison with institutions including the World Bank and IMF. As the former head of the Macro Economic Planning Department in the Planning Ministry and the National Treasury, he was the Convenor of the Macro Economic Working Group (MWG) of the Medium Term Expenditure Framework (MTEF) as well as the macro frameworks of various national plans. In this role he participated in the development of the KIPPRA Treasury Macro Model (KTMM) – still the main macro forecasting model in the country. He was also involved in the production of key national policy documents including the Economic Recovery Strategy (2003) and the Vision 2030 where he served on the Committee of Experts. He also co-ordinated the GOK/UNDP ‘Good Governance for Poverty Eradication (GGPE)’ programme. He holds an MA from Lake head University (Ontario, Canada, and a Bachelors (BA) Economics from Nairobi University.