Sabina Wanjiru Chege

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Sabina Wanjiru Chege
MP
Woman representative for Murang'a County
Assumed office
4 March 2013
Majority277,141 (54.7%)
Personal details
Born22 August 1978 (1978-08-22) (age 43)
DiedKenya
Political partyJubilee Party
Alma materUniversity of Nairobi

Sabina Wanjiru Chege is a Kenyan politician and former television actress and radio presenter who currently serves in the Kenya National Assembly as the woman representative for Murang'a County.

Education and early career[]

Sabina Wanjiru Chege attended the Kenya Institute of Management and the University of Nairobi where she obtained a Bachelor of Education degree and a master's degree in communication.[1] Prior to entering politics she was an actress in the television soap Tausi where the played the role of Rehema. She subsequently worked as a radio presenter on Coro FM and in radio management at Kameme FM and Kenya Broadcasting Corporation.[2] She is married with three children.[3]

Political career[]

She was elected to the National Assembly as women's representative for Muranga county in 2013 with 96.6% of the vote. She was a member of the National Alliance party. In the 2017 general election she was re-elected, now as a member of the Jubilee Party. The Jubilee party was formed in 2016 as a successor to the Jubilee Alliance, a coalition of several political parties including Chege's National Alliance party.[4] In her first term in parliament she was chairperson of Departmental Committee on Education, Research & Technology and a member of the Constitutional Implementation Oversight Committee. Since 2017 she has served as chairperson of the Parliamentary Committee on Health.[5][6]

In 2019 she sponsored the Kenya National Blood Transfusion Service Bill which commercialise blood transfusions and create a new national body to coordinate blood donations nationally. This move was criticised by the Kenya National Union of Medical Laboratory Officers.[7] She also sponsored the Breastfeeding Mothers Bill that would require employers to provide facilities and breaks for employees who were breastfeeding.[8]

She has declared an interest in becoming the running-mate for Kenyan Deputy President William Ruto in the 2022 presidential election.[9]

Election results[]

General election 2017: Murang'a[10]
Party Candidate Votes %
Jubilee Maitu Sabina Wanjiru Chege 391,825 77.4
Independent Evelyn Waithira Nyoike 114,684 22.6
Majority 277,141 54.7
Turnout
General election 2013: Murang'a[11]
Party Candidate Votes %
National Alliance Sabina Wanjiru Chege 402,380 96.6
Kenya National Congress Mercy Wanjiku Kimwe 8,510 2
ODM Hellen Njeri Kiarie 5,832 1.4
Majority 393,870 94.5
Turnout

See also[]

References[]

  1. ^ "Sabina Wanjiru Chege". University of Nairobi. Archived from the original on 16 September 2019. Retrieved 4 August 2020.
  2. ^ "Hot Women Representative Sabina Chege and co-wife in love drama". The Standard. Archived from the original on 3 September 2020. Retrieved 5 August 2020.
  3. ^ "MP: I am happily married to my husband". Daily Nation. 13 August 2017. Archived from the original on 15 September 2020. Retrieved 5 August 2020.
  4. ^ "Sabina Wanjiru Chege". Mzalendo. Archived from the original on 14 December 2017. Retrieved 20 December 2017.
  5. ^ "When Sabina Chege was robbed of joy and the teary aftermath". Daily Nation. 22 June 2019. Archived from the original on 15 September 2020. Retrieved 4 August 2020.
  6. ^ Munuhe. "Inside story of why the Teachers Service Commission list was rejected". The Standard. Archived from the original on 30 August 2017. Retrieved 20 December 2017.
  7. ^ "More opposition for Sabina Chege's blood transfusion commercialisation Bill". Daily Nation. 24 December 2019. Archived from the original on 25 December 2019. Retrieved 5 August 2020.
  8. ^ "Boost for working mothers as MPs pass breastfeeding bill". The Standard. 16 June 2017. Retrieved 5 August 2020.
  9. ^ "Murang'a woman rep Sabina Chege wants to be Ruto's deputy in 2022". Daily Nation. 21 June 2016. Archived from the original on 15 September 2020. Retrieved 4 August 2020.
  10. ^ Data Report of 2017 Elections (PDF). Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission. April 2020. Archived (PDF) from the original on 15 September 2020. Retrieved 5 September 2020.
  11. ^ Data Report of 2013 Elections (PDF). Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission. 30 March 2013. Archived (PDF) from the original on 15 September 2020. Retrieved 7 September 2020.

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