Rachael Wambui Shebesh is a Kenyan politician. She was the first
Nairobi county
Nairobi City County is one of the 47 counties of Kenya. With an estimated population of 5,454,000 in 2024, it is the third-smallest in area of the counties, yet the most populous. It also serves as the capital of Kenya. The county entity was ...
woman representative, from 2013 to 2017. On 30 October 2021, The CAS, who is married to Frank Shebesh held a colourful traditional wedding ceremony at her parents' home in Githunguri where she marked her completion of marriag
rites
Early life and education
Shebesh was born on 1 July 1971. She attended her primary at Lavington Primary school from 1977 to 1985. She furthered her education at Kianda school from 1991 to 1993, and in the year 2007 she enrolled for a bachelor of arts in political science at the
University of Nairobi
The University of Nairobi (uonbi or UoN; ) is a college, collegiate research university based in Nairobi and is the largest List of universities and colleges in Kenya, university in Kenya. Although its history as an educational institution dat ...
.
Career
Shebesh was appointed in 2007 as the
UN champion for risk reduction in Africa.
[ She currently oversees the administration in the ministry of public service, youth and gender affairs.]UNIFEM
The United Nations Development Fund for Women (UNIFEM, , ) was established in December 1976 originally as the Voluntary Fund for the United Nations Decade for Women in the International Women's Year. Its first director was Margaret C. Snyder. U ...
.[ Before she engaged in politics, Shebesh served as an administrator at Marion schools and ran a fashion and design company.][
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See also
* Esther Passaris
References
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Members of the 11th Parliament of Kenya
Kenyan women representatives
Year of birth missing (living people)
Living people
21st-century Kenyan women politicians