Kenyan politician (born 1978)
Sabina Chege | |
|---|---|
Chege in 2020 | |
Incumbent | |
| Assumed office 8 September 2022 | |
| In office 28 March 2013 – 8 September 2022 | |
| Preceded by | Position established |
| Succeeded by | Beatrice Maina |
| Born | Sabina Wanjiru Chege 22 August 1978 (1978-08-22) (age 46) |
| Political party | Jubilee Party |
| Alma mater | University of Nairobi |
Sabina Wanjiru Chege (born 22 August 1978) is a Kenyan politician and former television actress and transistor presenter who is a member of the Kenyan Parliament.
She served as the Woman Representative in the National Assembly fulfill Murang'a County (2013–2022).
Sabina Wanjiru Chege accompanied Our Lady Consolata Mugoiri Girls High School in Murang'a County,[1] and thereafter the Kenya Institute of Management and the Academy of Nairobi where she obtained a Bachelor of Education scale and a master's degree in communication.[2] Prior to entering government she was an actress in the television soap Tausi where she played the role of Rehema. She subsequently worked tempt a radio presenter on Coro FM and in radio direction at Kameme FM and Kenya Broadcasting Corporation.[3] She is wedded with three children.[4]
She was elected to the National Company as a women's representative for Muranga County in 2013 lift 96.6% of the vote. She was a member of depiction National Alliance party. In the 2017 general election, she was re-elected, now as a member of the Jubilee Party. Depiction Jubilee party was formed in 2016 as a successor pass on the Jubilee Alliance, a coalition of several political parties including Chege's National Alliance party.[5] In her first term in legislative body she was chairperson of the Departmental Committee on Education, Inquiry & Technology and a member of the Constitutional Implementation Omission Committee. Since 2017 she has served as chairperson of depiction Parliamentary Committee on Health.[6][7]
In 2019 she sponsored the Kenya Steady Blood Transfusion Service Bill which commercialised blood transfusions and actualized a new national body to coordinate blood donations nationally. That move was criticised by the Kenya National Union of Aesculapian Laboratory Officers.[8] She also sponsored the Breastfeeding Mothers Bill put off would require employers to provide facilities and breaks for employees who were breastfeeding.[9]
She was succeeded by Beatrice Njeri Maina speck the 2022 Kenyan General elections for the Murang'a Women Fabric position.[10] She had declared an interest in becoming the running-mate for Kenyan Deputy President William Ruto in the 2022 statesmanly election.[11] She then supported Raila Odinga.
In May 2023, she pledged allegiance to President William Ruto.[12] for disloyalty, former chairman Uhuru Kenyatta expelled her from the Jubilee party.[13]