David ole Nkedianye | |
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1st Governor of Kajiado County | |
In office 27 March 2013 –18 August 2017 | |
Deputy | Paul Ole Ntiati |
Succeeded by | Joseph Ole Lenku |
Personal details | |
Born | Kitengela,Kajiado District,Kenya | 20 December 1963
Political party | Orange Democratic Movement |
Education | University of Nairobi |
David Ole Nkedianye (born 20 December 1963) is a Kenyan politician who served as the 1st governor of Kajiado County. [1] Nkedianye won the Kajiado county 2013 gubernatorial elections closely defeating Parantai Moses of the Democratic Party (Kenya) [2]
In 2017,while defending his gubernatorial seat in an ODM ticket,Ole Nkedianye lost the elections to Jubilee party's Joseph Jama Ole Lenku.
Ole Nkedianye has previously served as a community facilitator for International Livestock Research Institute helping in the provision of breeding bulls for farmers in pastoral regions in Kajiado,Kenya [3]
Born in Kitengela,Kajiado County. Nkedianye is a graduate of the University of Nairobi and holds a PhD in Pastoralism land-use and conservation from the University of Edinburgh. Nkedianye also hold a Bachelor of Education in Social education and ethics from the Catholic University of East Africa. [4]
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