Sicily Kariuki | |
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Cabinet Secretary for Water, Sanitation and Irrigation | |
Assumed office 14 January 2020 | |
President | Uhuru Kenyatta |
Personal details | |
Born | Tumaini Village,Al-Kalou Constituency,Nyandarua County,Republic of Kenya Kenya |
Alma mater | University of Nairobi (Bachelor's degree) Eastern and Southern African Management Institute (Master of Business Administration) Michigan State University (Postgraduate Diploma in Law and Regulation) |
Sicily Kanini Kariuki is a Kenyan politician who has been serving as the Cabinet Secretary for Water,Sanitation and Irrigation,since 20 January 2020. [1] She previously served as the Cabinet Secretary for Health. [2] Previously,she was the Cabinet Secretary for Public Service,Youth and Gender Affairs,from December 2015 until January 2018. [3]
Sicily Kanini Kariuki was born in Kangaru Village,Manyatta constituency,in present-day Embu County in Kenya. [4]
Kariuki has a bachelor's degree,from the University of Nairobi. Her Master of Business Administration (MBA) degree,was awarded by the Eastern and Southern African Management Institute (ESAMI) in conjunction with Maastricht School of Management in the Netherlands. She also has a Postgraduate Diploma in Law and Regulation,from Michigan State University in the United States. [5]
Kariuki enjoyed a wide-ranging career in the business world,including as an officer of the Kenya Investment Authority,and as chief executive officer of Fresh Produce Exporters Association of Kenya. [5]
Kariuki then served as the Managing Director and CEO of "Tea Board of Kenya". In 2012,while at the helm of the tea board,the tea industry rose to become the top earner of foreign exchange in the country,accounting for KSh130 billion (approx. US$1.3 billion),in 2012. She also served as the Principal Secretary,in the Department of Agriculture,in the Kenyan Ministry of Agriculture,Livestock and Fisheries. [5]
In December 2015,Kariuki was appointed as the Cabinet Secretary for Public Service,Youth and Gender Affairs. [6] She served in that capacity until January 2018,when she was appointed Cabinet Secretary for Health. [2]
In her capacity as minister,Kariuki was appointed by WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus to serve on the Independent High-level Commission on Non-Communicable Diseases from 2018 until 2019. [7]
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