Yolanda Muyonga’s calculated climb to KPC chief engineer’s office

Kenya Pipeline Company Limited Chief Engineer Yolanda Muyonga poses for a photo during an interview at Nation Centre in Nairobi on July 16, 2025. 

Photo credit: Lucy Wanjiru | Nation Media Group

Her perfume announces her arrival before she shows up. And when she finally appears, Yolanda Muyonga compels you to confront every lazy assumption you’ve held about what a woman in engineering should look like. Yet she’s every bit the engineer, as much as an avocado is a fruit.

Currently serving as Chief Engineer (Research and Innovation) at the Kenya Pipeline Company, Yolanda has 15 years in civil engineering, infrastructure development, and public service leadership.

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