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

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and former television actress and radio presenter who is a member of the Kenyan Parliament. She served as the Woman Representative in the

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for

Murang'a County Murang'a County is one of the counties of Kenya's former Central Province (Kenya), Central Province. Its largest town and capital is Murang'a, which was referred to as Fort Hall during the colonial era. The county is inhabited mainly by, and i ...

(2013–2022).

Education and early career

Sabina Wanjiru Chege attended Our Lady Consolata Mugoiri Girls High School in

, and thereafter 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 she 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 a women's representative for Muranga County in 2013 with 96.6% of the vote. She was a member of the

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party. In the 2017 general election, 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 the 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 commercialised blood transfusions and created 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 was succeeded by Beatrice Njeri Maina in the 2022 Kenyan General elections for the Murang'a Women Rep position. She had declared an interest in becoming the running-mate for Kenyan Deputy President

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in the 2022 presidential election. She then supported

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. In May 2023, she pledged allegiance to President

. for disloyalty, former president

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expelled her from the Jubilee party.

Election results

References

External links

Website of the Parliament of Kenya
{{DEFAULTSORT:Chege, Sabina 1978 births Living people Kikuyu people University of Nairobi alumni The National Alliance politicians Members of the National Assembly (Kenya) 21st-century Kenyan women politicians Politicians affected by a party expulsion process Members of the 11th Parliament of Kenya Members of the 12th Parliament of Kenya Members of the 13th Parliament of Kenya Kenyan women representatives People from Murang'a County

Education and early career

Political career

Election results

See also

References

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