Eng. Karani has over twenty-five years of experience as a Civil Engineer, extensively as a Water Engineer. He holds a Bachelor of Science in Civil Engineering and a Master in Business Administration (MBA), both from the University of Nairobi. Eng. Karani is also a professional engineer and a Corporate Member of the Institution of Engineers of Kenya (IEK), a certified ISO 9000 Auditor and an Associate Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) expert. Prior to joining NCA, Eng. Karani worked for the National Water Conservation and Pipeline Corporation (NWCPC) as a Chief Engineer, where oversaw the design and construction supervision of various small and medium size dams and pans in the Arid and Semi-Arid (ASAL) regions. Eng. Karani, still under the NWCPC, also served as a Regional Manager in the Coast and Southern regions. He was involved in the construction of Phase I of the Kirandich River Dam Project in Baringo, for the supply of portable water to Kabarnet town and its environs with KIRDAM Consortium. He was also involved in the design of Phase II of the same project under NWCPC, which comprised of the Water and Waste Water Reticulation system in the then Kabarnet Municipality, Emergency Spillway at the dam and Environmental Protection measures at the dam. At NCA, Eng. Karani is the Manager in charge of the registration of contractors. He oversaw the successful migration from manual evaluation of contractor applications for registration to the current ICT based online contractor registration process. Also under his docket, he oversees the accreditation of construction workers and has spearheaded the preparation of the construction workers register.