National Treasury Cabinet Secretary John Mbadi has fired Seth Panyako from the Local Authorities Provident Fund (LAPFUND) Board.
In a gazette notice dated Friday, January 23, CS Mbadi revoked Panyako’s appointment as a member of the LAPFUND board.
CS Mbadi said the revocation was made under Section 5(1)(d) of the Local Authorities Provident Fund Act and Section 51(1) of the Interpretation and General Provisions Act.
“In exercise of the powers conferred by section 5 (1) (d) of the Local Authorities Provident Fund Act, as read together with section 51 (1) of the Interpretation and General Provisions Act, the Cabinet Secretary for the National Treasury and Economic Planning revokes the appointment of Seth Sindani Panyako as a Member of the Local Authorities Provident Fund Board, with effect from the 23rd January, 2026,” read the notice.
Panyako joined the LAPFUND board in March 2023 after being appointed by former Treasury CS, Njuguna Ndung’u.
This comes weeks after he lost the Malava Parliamentary seat to United Democratic Alliance (UDA) candidate David Ndakwa in the by-elections held on November 27, 2025.
Ndakwa won the Malava by-election with a total of 21,564 votes, defeating Panyako, who garnered 20,210 votes.
However, Panyako challenged the outcome, claiming he led in most polling stations but lost due to irregularities in several centres.
“We won in 134 out of 198 Polling stations, but still they managed to manipulate and subvert the will of the people. They used 54 Polling stations to steal the elections,” Panyako claimed.
LAPFUND was established in 1960 by an Act of Parliament and operates as a state corporation in accordance with section 132 of the County Governments Act, 2012. LAPFUND provides retirement benefits to employees of County Governments and Water Companies.
