Nairobi, July 30 -- The Ugandan government has appointed directors to the board of Kenya Pipeline Company (KPC) Plc, reviving the stalled recruitment of the firm's chief executive under a new charter that gives Kampala veto powers over the hiring and firing of the company's next boss.

In a notice on Thursday, the Ugandan government picked two of its senior officials, including the permanent secretaries in the Finance and Energy ministries, to represent it on KPC's board.

This paves the way for the resumption of the recruitment process, which stalled midway after KPC directors differed over the legality of the CEO search without a reconstituted board in line with the company's revised Articles of Association.

Under the revised articles,...