Sabina Chege
Sabina Chege | |
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![]() Chege in 2020 | |
Nominated MP to National Assembly | |
Assumed office 8 September 2022 | |
Woman Representative for Murang'a County | |
In office 28 March 2013 – 8 September 2022 | |
Preceded by | Position established |
Succeeded by | Beatrice Maina |
Personal details | |
Born | Sabina Wanjiru Chege 22 August 1978 (age 46) |
Political party | Jubilee Party |
Alma mater | University of Nairobi |
Sabina Wanjiru Chege (born 22 August 1978) is a Kenyan politician and former television actress and radio presenter who is a member of the Kenyan Parliament.
She served as the Woman Representative in the National Assembly for Murang'a County (2013–2022).
Education and early career
[edit]Sabina Wanjiru Chege attended Our Lady Consolata Mugoiri Girls High School in Murang'a County,[1] and thereafter the Kenya Institute of Management and the University of Nairobi where she obtained a Bachelor of Education degree and a master's degree in communication.[2] 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 Kenya Broadcasting Corporation.[3] She is married with three children.[4]
Political career
[edit]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 National Alliance party. In the 2017 general election, she was re-elected, now as a member of the Jubilee Party. The Jubilee party was formed in 2016 as a successor to the Jubilee Alliance, a coalition of several political parties including Chege's National Alliance party.[5] 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.[6][7]
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.[8] She also sponsored the Breastfeeding Mothers Bill that would require employers to provide facilities and breaks for employees who were breastfeeding.[9]
She was succeeded by Beatrice Njeri Maina in the 2022 Kenyan General elections for the Murang'a Women Rep position.[10] She had declared an interest in becoming the running-mate for Kenyan Deputy President William Ruto in the 2022 presidential election.[11] She then supported Raila Odinga.
In May 2023, she pledged allegiance to President William Ruto.[12] for disloyalty, former president Uhuru Kenyatta expelled her from the Jubilee party.[13]
Election results
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Jubilee | Maitu Sabina Wanjiru Chege | 391,825 | 77.4 | |
Independent | Evelyn Waithira Nyoike | 114,684 | 22.6 | |
Majority | 277,141 | 54.7 | ||
Turnout |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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National Alliance | Sabina Wanjiru Chege | 402,380 | 96.6 | |
Kenya National Congress | Mercy Wanjiku Kimwe | 8,510 | 2 | |
ODM | Hellen Njeri Kiarie | 5,832 | 1.4 | |
Majority | 393,870 | 94.5 | ||
Turnout |
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See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ Our Lady Consolata Mugoiri Girls High School. "Message from the Principal's Desk". Retrieved 5 March 2024.
- ^ "Sabina Wanjiru Chege". University of Nairobi. Archived from the original on 16 September 2019. Retrieved 4 August 2020.
- ^ "Hot Women Representative Sabina Chege and co-wife in love drama". The Standard. Archived from the original on 3 September 2020. Retrieved 5 August 2020.
- ^ "MP: I am happily married to my husband". Daily Nation. 13 August 2017. Archived from the original on 15 September 2020. Retrieved 5 August 2020.
- ^ "Sabina Wanjiru Chege". Mzalendo. Archived from the original on 14 December 2017. Retrieved 20 December 2017.
- ^ "When Sabina Chege was robbed of joy and the teary aftermath". Daily Nation. 22 June 2019. Archived from the original on 15 September 2020. Retrieved 4 August 2020.
- ^ Munuhe. "Inside story of why the Teachers Service Commission list was rejected". The Standard. Archived from the original on 30 August 2017. Retrieved 20 December 2017.
- ^ "More opposition for Sabina Chege's blood transfusion commercialisation Bill". Daily Nation. 24 December 2019. Archived from the original on 25 December 2019. Retrieved 5 August 2020.
- ^ "Boost for working mothers as MPs pass breastfeeding bill". The Standard. 16 June 2017. Retrieved 5 August 2020.
- ^ "Former Athi Water director replaces Sabina Chege as Murang'a Woman Rep". People Daily.
- ^ "Murang'a woman rep Sabina Chege wants to be Ruto's deputy in 2022". Daily Nation. 21 June 2016. Archived from the original on 15 September 2020. Retrieved 4 August 2020.
- ^ Anyango, Manny (19 May 2023). "I fully support, honour you – Sabina Chege to Ruto". The Star. Retrieved 22 May 2023.
- ^ "Moment of truth as Uhuru takes on Kega, Sabina Chege at Jubilee Party NDC". Nation. 22 May 2023. Retrieved 22 May 2023.
- ^ Data Report of 2017 Elections (PDF). Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission. April 2020. Archived (PDF) from the original on 15 September 2020. Retrieved 5 September 2020.
- ^ Data Report of 2013 Elections (PDF). Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission. 30 March 2013. Archived (PDF) from the original on 15 September 2020. Retrieved 7 September 2020.
External links
[edit]- 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
- 21st-century Kenyan 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