Julius Migos Ogamba | |
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Cabinet Secretary - Ministry of Education | |
Assumed office 8 August 2024 | |
President | William Ruto |
Preceded by | Ezekiel Machogu |
Chairman - Board of Kenya Electricity Generating Company | |
In office March 1,2023 –August 2024 | |
Personal details | |
Born | 1967 Kitutu Chache North Constituency Kisii County,Kenya |
Alma mater | University of Nairobi Kenya School of Law Institute of Advanced Legal Studies |
Julius Migos Ogamba born (1967) is the Cabinet Secretary for Education in Kenya. [1] [2] He assumed office on 8 August 2024 after appointment by President William Ruto. [3]
Julius holds a Bachelor of laws (LL.B) from the University of Nairobi,Diploma in Law from Institute of Advanced Legal Studies,University of London and a Post Graduate Diploma in Law from Kenya School of Law. [2]
Ogamba is an advocate of the High Court of Kenya,Commissioner for Oaths and Notary Public and a Senior Partner at Migos-Ogamba and Waudo Advocate firm. [3]
Prior to his appointment as a Cabinet Secretary,Ogamba served as the Chairperson of the Board of Directors of Kenya Electricity Generating Company PLC (KenGen). [4]
Ogamba ran for the Kitutu Chache North parliamentary seat in 2017 under an Orange Democratic Movement (ODM) ticket but lost to Jimmy Angwenyi. [5] In the 2022 general election,he served as the running mate of the former Education Cabinet Secretary Ezekiel Machogu where they run for the Kisii Gubernatorial seat on a United Democratic Alliance (UDA) ticket but lost to Simba Arati. [6]