Janet Ong'era is the immediate former Kisii County Woman Member of the

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in the Republic of

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. She is the Chairperson of the Eastern Africa Region at the

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. She is an advocate of the High Court of Kenya and the Managing Partner in the law firm Ongera and Company. From the year 2013 - 2017 Janet Ong'era was nominated by her Party The Orange Democratic Movement to serve as a Senator in the 11th Parliament. At the senate she was the Minority Deputy Whip and a member of The Kenyan Delegation to the

. Janet Ong'era served as the

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of the

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and during her tenure she successfully conducted party primaries of which her Political Party

won 95 Parliamentary and 3380 civics seats in 2007 General Elections and won 118

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seats and 367 members of the County Assembly in 2013 General Elections. Janet Onge'ra was also the director of the two Kenyan Constitution referendums conducted in 2005 and 2010, and both polls were won by her team. Janet Ong'era is the Founder and Patron of Kisii County Women Agribusiness Empowerment (KCWAES), a savings and credit cooperative society that empowers women to grow and transform their economic status. She has a number of initiatives that are aimed at empowering the

Kisii County Kisii County is a county in the former Nyanza Province in southwestern Kenya. Its capital and largest town is Kisii. The county has a population of 1,266,860 people. It borders Nyamira County to the North East, Narok County to the South, an ...

Society. Hon Janet Ong’era is also a life member of the following organizations: * League of Women Voters * Maendeleo Ya Wanawake * Oversight Board Member, Centre for Multi-Party Democracy * Law Society of Kenya * Global Platform for UN Disaster Risk Reduction Prior Experience: * Deputy Managing Director/ Corporation Secretary ,

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Acting Managing Director, Kenya Airports Authority * Registrar of Titles, Ministry of Lands * State Counsel, Office of the Attorney General * Elected President Africa Region,

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Personal Data Hon. Janet Ong’era was born on 5th July 1965 to the late Mama Peripetua Nyang’ate Ong’era and the late Mzee William Ong’era. Her mother was a vegetable vendor in

Kisii Kisii may refer to: * Kisii, Kenya, the inaugural capital city of Kenya * Kisii County, one of the 47 counties of Kenya * Gucha District, in Kenya, also known as ''South Kisii District'' * Nyamira District, in Kenya, also known as ''North Kisii Di ...

Municipal Market and her father a Prisons officer. Janet grew up in poverty but learnt at a tender age that humility and daring to dream beyond your environmental horizon could make one scale the heights. Hon. Ong’era attended Nubia Primary School in

and Bernard Estate Primary School, where she excelled and joined Precious Blood Riruta Secondary School for O level and Moi Girls High School, Eldoret for her A-levels. She holds a Bachelor of Laws Degree from the

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and a Diploma in Laws from the

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Ongera, Janet Living people Year of birth missing (living people) Members of the 11th Parliament of Kenya 21st-century Kenyan women politicians 21st-century Kenyan politicians Orange Democratic Movement politicians People from Kisii County