Egerton University is a public university in Kenya. It is the oldest institution of higher education in Kenya.
Machakos County is one of the 47 counties of Kenya,which came into being because of the devolved system of governance occasioned by the 2010 constitution of Kenya. The country's first administrative headquarters are in Machakos Town,which is the largest town in the county. The county had a population of 1,421,932 as of 2019. The county borders Nairobi and Kiambu counties to the west,Embu to the north,Kitui to the east,Makueni to the south,Kajiado to the south west,and Muranga and Kirinyaga to the north west.
Charity Kaluki Ngilu is a Kenyan politician and the second governor elected for Kitui County. She unsuccessfully vied to be President of the Republic of Kenya in 1997. She served as Minister for Health from 2003 until 2007 and Minister of Water and Irrigation from April 2008 to 2013. She also served as Cabinet Secretary for Land,Housing and Urban Development from 2013 until 2015.
Local authorities in Kenya are the bodies controlling local governance in urban areas in Kenya.
Kirinyaga County is a county in the former Central Province of Kenya,located south of Mount Kenya. Its capital is Kutus and its largest town is Wanguru. In 2019,the county had a population of 610,411 people and an area of 1,478.1 km2. The county is bordered to the east and south by Embu County,to the south by a tiny part of Machakos County,to the southwest by Murang'a County and to the northwest by Nyeri County.
Martha Wangari Karua is a Kenyan politician. She is a former long-standing member of parliament for Gichugu Constituency and an Advocate of the High Court of Kenya. She was Minister for Justice until resigning from that position in April 2009. She has consistently fought for the protection of women's rights and improvements to the democratic process.
Joyce Cherono Abonyo was a Kenyan politician who served as the second governor of Bomet County from 2017 until her death on 29 July 2019. She was a Member of Parliament representing Sotik constituency,before she was elected to the gubernatorial seat.
Ruth Mumbi,is a Kenyan human rights defender who has dedicated her efforts to the defense of vulnerable women at risk.
Johnson Arthur Sakaja is a Kenyan politician serving as the governor of Nairobi City County since 25 August 2022. Previously,he served as the Senator of Nairobi from 2017 to 2022,and as a nominated Member of the National Assembly from 2013 to 2017. He was nominated to Parliament by The National Alliance (TNA) party which was part of the ruling Jubilee Coalition. He was the National Chairman of The National Alliance (TNA) until 9 September 2016 when the party merged with 12 others to form the Jubilee Party.
Rebecca Miano is a Kenyan lawyer and a continental business leader,currently serving as Cabinet Secretary for Tourism and Wildlife. She previously served as the Cabinet Secretary for Investments,Trade &Industry from October 2023 to July 2024. She is a former Cabinet Secretary for East African Community,the ASALs and Regional Development.Before joining Cabinet,she was the Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer of KenGen Plc.,the largest producer of electricity in the East African region from November 2017. She was confirmed on 1 November 2017,having served in acting capacity since August 2017.
Ukur Yatani Kanacho is a Kenyan politician and ambassador,and was appointed as Treasury Secretary on 14 January 2020.
Susan Wakarura Kihika is a Kenyan lawyer,politician,and the first female governor of Nakuru County. She was also among the seven female Governors that were elected in the 9 August 2022 Kenyan general election against a total 44 male governors,marking significant progress from the three female governors that had been elected in the 2017 elections.
Joseph Ndathi is a Kenyan politician. He is the former governor of Kirinyaga County in Kenya. Ndathi is a member of The National Alliance party. Ndathi is also the first governor of Kirinyaga County.
Ciiru Waweru Waithaka is a Kenyan serial entrepreneur who co-founded and is the CEO of FunKidz. She has been recognised as a role model as her company recycles timber in Kenya for school furniture. Her company empowers women and manufactures sustainable products.
Fatuma Adan Dullo is a Kenyan politician and the current elected Senator for Isiolo County as well as the shortest serving Minority Whip. She once served as the Deputy Majority Leader –Senate of the Republic of Kenya. Fatuma Dullo made history after being among the first three female senators to be elected as well as the only one from the Northeastern Region. She is a lawyer and an Advocate of the High Court of Kenya and previously served in various capacities in the public sector and in civil society. Her expertise is in public administration,governance and human rights advocacy. Her interests include human rights and education particularly of marginalised groups,community mobilisation and capacity-building.
Hon. Purity Wangui Ngirici is the second Women Representative of Kirinyaga County. She has been in office since August 2017 after the 8th August general elections. She was elected into office with a Jubilee Party ticket replacing the first Kirinyaga Woman Representative Hon. Winnie Karimi Njuguna.
Geoffrey Rigathi Gachagua is a Kenyan politician,and former 2nd deputy president of Kenya. As a member of the Jubilee Party,Gachagua served as Member of Parliament for Mathira from 2017 to 2022.
Robert Gichimu Githinji is a Kenyan lawyer and politician who has served in the National Assembly of Kenya since 2017,representing the Gichugu Constituency.
Jane Njeri Maina is a Kenyan politician who is currently a member of the Kenya National Assembly as Woman Representative for Kirinyaga County. She is a member of the United Democratic Alliance a Kenya Kwanza affiliate party.
Moi Forces Academy is a Kenyan boy's national secondary school located in Kamukunji Constituency,Nairobi county,Kenya. It is also among the 18 pioneer Cluster 3 national schools in Kenya.
