Farida Karoney is a Kenyan who was nominated by President

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as Cabinet Secretary for Lands, on 26 January 2018. Immediately prior to her present position, she served as the

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(COO) of the ''Royal Media Services'' (RMS), a media conglomerate that includes radio and television stations. Before that, she served as the Group Editorial Director at RMS.

Background and education

Farida Karoney attended the

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, from 1989 until 1992, graduating with a Bachelor of Science Education degree in

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and

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. She then went on to the

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(UoN), where she obtained a Postgraduate Diploma in Mass Communication, in 1996, after one year of study. She enrolled in the MBA degree course at UoN in 2005, graduating in 2008 with a

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, specializing in Strategy. Later, she obtained a

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degree, also from UoN, specializing in strategic management.

Career

For a period of less than one year, in 1993, Farida taught Biology at ''Khamis High School'' in

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. In June 1994, she joined Kenya Television Network (KTN), first as a freelance correspondent, then as a reporter, rising to the position of Features Editor, at the time she left KTN in December 2000. In January 2001, she joined the

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(NMG), as an editor and rising to the rank of Associate Editor by July 2004, when she left NMG. She then worked as the Managing Editor at The Standard Group, for a period of two years, from September 2004 until August 2006. From there, Farida worked as a freelance contributor to

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, working in that capacity for about one year, between 2006 and 2007. For the last six months of that period, she also freelanced for the

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network, as a producer. In 2007 she went back to Standard Media Group and worked as the Head of Editorial at their flagship TV station, KTN, for about one year. During that period, she concurrently served as the Assistant Director for broadcasting at Standard Group Limited, until December 2008. For five consecutive years, beginning in February 2009, Farida Karoney served as the Group Editorial Director at Royal Media Services, until 2014. In August 2014, she was promoted to the position of chief operating officer, at RMS, a position she occupied at the time of her nomination to become the Cabinet Secretary for Lands.

References

External links

Website of the Kenya Ministry of Lands and Physical Planning
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