Esther Okenyuri Anyieni

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Esther Okenyuri Anyieni
Nyaituga
Born (1991-02-18) February 18, 1991 (age 33)
NationalityKenyan
Alma mater The Kenya High School
Maasai Mara University
TitleNominated Senator
Political party United Democratic Alliance (UDA)
Parents
  • Henry Anyieni Oketch (father)
  • Lydia Nyachija Munema (mother)
Website parliament.go.ke/the-senate/sen-esther-anyieni-okenyuri

Esther Okenyuri Anyieni (born 1991) commonly known as "Essy" and locally "Nyaituga" is a Member of Parliament at the 4th Senate of Kenya, / 13th Parliament of Kenya, [1] nominated [2] by Kenya's ruling party, United Democratic Alliance. [3] She is a member of KEWOPA, [4] [5] [6] the Vice Chairperson of the Senate Standing Committee on Trade, Industrialization and Tourism, [7] a member of the Senate Standing Committee [8] on Health, [9] and the Senate Powers and Privileges Committee. She is the current Deputy Secretary General of the Kenya Young Parliamentarians Association, [10] and the Organizing Secretary of Kenyan Women Senators Association. [11] She is an Executive Member, Commonwealth Parliamentary Association [12] (CPA) Kenya Branch. [13]

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Okenyuri [14] was gazetted as a nominated Senator [15] for Soipan Tuya, [15] [16] who was [17] appointed [18] by President William Ruto, [19] EGH as the Ministry of Environment Cabinet Secretary. [20]

Early life

Esther Okenyuri Anyieni [21] was born on February 18, 1991, in Kenyenya [22] village in Bomachoge Borabu, in Kisii County [23] to the Late Henry Anyieni Oketch (1956-2006), a civil servant, and Lydia Nyachija Munema, a high school teacher.

She joined Tarang'aya Girls Primary School for her KCPE education before proceeding to The Kenya High School in 2006. She completed her secondary education in 2009 after sitting for the Kenya Certificate of Secondary Education. She graduated from Maasai Mara University with a BSc in Information sciences (Records management option) in 2015. She has completed Certified Public Accountant Part One from the Kisii College of Accountancy. [24]

Political career

Okenyuri was a student leader [25] at the Maasai Mara University [26] Students Organization. She was appointed by the then President Uhuru Kenyatta to head the youth wing of the Jubilee Party Campaigns in Kisii County during the re-election campaigns of the Jubilee Government in 2017.

Between 2017 and 2022, Esther Okenyuri Anyieni worked in the Strategy and Delivery Unit in the Office of the Deputy President as an Assistant Director of Research under the stewardship of Dr John Chikat i now the Tongaren Constituency Member of Parliament. [27] She was instrumental in setting up of Command/Call Centres for UDA by-elections that took place between 2017 and 2022 in Kabuchai, Matungu, [28] Kiambaa, [29] Msambweni [30] and Bonchari [31] constituencies.

Towards the 2022 presidential general elections, she founded Women for Ruto Organization, a women’s movement that campaigned for the United Democratic Movement [32] presidential candidate William Ruto, who was declared the winner of the 2022 elections by the Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission.

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