Sabina Wanjiru Chege
Sabina Wanjiru Chege | |
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Woman representative for Murang'a County | |
Assumed office 4 March 2013 | |
Majority | 277,141 (54.7%) |
Personal details | |
Born | 22 August 1978 | (age 43)
Died | Kenya |
Political party | Jubilee Party |
Alma mater | University 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[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Jubilee | Maitu Sabina Wanjiru Chege | 391,825 | 77.4 | |
Independent | Evelyn Waithira Nyoike | 114,684 | 22.6 | |
Majority | 277,141 | 54.7 | ||
Turnout |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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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[]
- ^ "Sabina Wanjiru Chege". University of Nairobi. Archived from the original on 16 September 2019. Retrieved 4 August 2020.
- ^ "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.
- ^ "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.
- ^ "Sabina Wanjiru Chege". Mzalendo. Archived from the original on 14 December 2017. Retrieved 20 December 2017.
- ^ "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.
- ^ 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.
- ^ "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.
- ^ "Boost for working mothers as MPs pass breastfeeding bill". The Standard. 16 June 2017. Retrieved 5 August 2020.
- ^ "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.
- ^ 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.
- ^ 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.
External links[]
- Living people
- Kikuyu people
- University of Nairobi alumni
- The National Alliance politicians
- Members of the National Assembly (Kenya)
- 21st-century Kenyan women politicians
- 1978 births