Sabina Wanjiru Chege (born 22 August 1978) is a Kenyan

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and former television actress and radio presenter who also served as the Woman Representative in the

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for

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(2013–2022).

Education and early career

Sabina Wanjiru Chege attended the Kenya Institute of Management and the

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where she obtained a Bachelor of Education degree and a master's degree in communication. 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

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. She is married with three children.

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

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she was re-elected, now as a member of the

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. The Jubilee party was formed in 2016 as a successor to the

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, a coalition of several political parties including Chege's National Alliance party. 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. 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. She also sponsored the Breastfeeding Mothers Bill that would require employers to provide facilities and breaks for employees who were breastfeeding. She had declared an interest in becoming the running-mate for Kenyan Deputy President

William Ruto William Kipchirchir Samoei Arap Ruto (born 21 December 1966) is a Kenyan politician who is serving as the fifth and current president of Kenya since 13 September 2022. Prior to becoming president, he served as the 11th deputy president of Ken ...

in the 2022 presidential election. Now supporting Raila Odinga.

Election results

References

External links

Website of the Parliament of Kenya
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Education and early career

Political career

Election results

See also

References

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