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Sabina Chege

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Sabina Chege
Chege in 2020
Nominated MP to National Assembly
Incumbent
Assumed office
8 September 2022
Woman Representative for Murang'a County
In office
28 March 2013 – 8 September 2022
Preceded byPosition established
Succeeded byBeatrice Maina
Personal details
Born
Sabina Wanjiru Chege

22 August 1978 (1978-08-22) (age 46)
Political partyJubilee Party
Alma materUniversity of Nairobi

Sabina Wanjiru Chege (born 22 August 1978) is a Kenyan politician and former television actress and radio presenter who is a member of the Kenyan Parliament.

She served as the Woman Representative in the National Assembly for Murang'a County (2013–2022).

Education and early career

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Sabina Wanjiru Chege attended Our Lady Consolata Mugoiri Girls High School in Murang'a County,[1] and thereafter the Kenya Institute of Management and the University of Nairobi where she obtained a Bachelor of Education degree and a master's degree in communication.[2] Prior to entering politics she was an actress in the television soap Tausi where she played the role of Rehema. She subsequently worked as a radio presenter on Coro FM and in radio management at Kameme FM and Kenya Broadcasting Corporation.[3] She is married with three children.[4]

Political career

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She was elected to the National Assembly as a women's representative for Muranga County in 2013 with 96.6% of the vote. She was a member of the National Alliance party. In the 2017 general election, she was re-elected, now as a member of the Jubilee Party. The Jubilee party was formed in 2016 as a successor to the Jubilee Alliance, a coalition of several political parties including Chege's National Alliance party.[5] In her first term in parliament she was chairperson of the Departmental Committee on Education, Research & Technology and a member of the Constitutional Implementation Oversight Committee. Since 2017 she has served as chairperson of the Parliamentary Committee on Health.[6][7]

In 2019 she sponsored the Kenya National Blood Transfusion Service Bill which commercialised blood transfusions and created a new national body to coordinate blood donations nationally. This move was criticised by the Kenya National Union of Medical Laboratory Officers.[8] She also sponsored the Breastfeeding Mothers Bill that would require employers to provide facilities and breaks for employees who were breastfeeding.[9]

She was succeeded by Beatrice Njeri Maina in the 2022 Kenyan General elections for the Murang'a Women Rep position.[10] She had declared an interest in becoming the running-mate for Kenyan Deputy President William Ruto in the 2022 presidential election.[11] She then supported Raila Odinga.

In May 2023, she pledged allegiance to President William Ruto.[12] for disloyalty, former president Uhuru Kenyatta expelled her from the Jubilee party.[13]

Election results

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General election 2017: Murang'a[14]
Party Candidate Votes %
Jubilee Maitu Sabina Wanjiru Chege 391,825 77.4
Independent Evelyn Waithira Nyoike 114,684 22.6
Majority 277,141 54.7
Turnout
General election 2013: Murang'a[15]
Party Candidate Votes %
National Alliance Sabina Wanjiru Chege 402,380 96.6
Kenya National Congress Mercy Wanjiku Kimwe 8,510 2
ODM Hellen Njeri Kiarie 5,832 1.4
Majority 393,870 94.5
Turnout
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See also

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References

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  1. ^ Our Lady Consolata Mugoiri Girls High School. "Message from the Principal's Desk". Retrieved 5 March 2024.
  2. ^ "Sabina Wanjiru Chege". University of Nairobi. Archived from the original on 16 September 2019. Retrieved 4 August 2020.
  3. ^ "Hot Women Representative Sabina Chege and co-wife in love drama". The Standard. Archived from the original on 3 September 2020. Retrieved 5 August 2020.
  4. ^ "MP: I am happily married to my husband". Daily Nation. 13 August 2017. Archived from the original on 15 September 2020. Retrieved 5 August 2020.
  5. ^ "Sabina Wanjiru Chege". Mzalendo. Archived from the original on 14 December 2017. Retrieved 20 December 2017.
  6. ^ "When Sabina Chege was robbed of joy and the teary aftermath". Daily Nation. 22 June 2019. Archived from the original on 15 September 2020. Retrieved 4 August 2020.
  7. ^ Munuhe. "Inside story of why the Teachers Service Commission list was rejected". The Standard. Archived from the original on 30 August 2017. Retrieved 20 December 2017.
  8. ^ "More opposition for Sabina Chege's blood transfusion commercialisation Bill". Daily Nation. 24 December 2019. Archived from the original on 25 December 2019. Retrieved 5 August 2020.
  9. ^ "Boost for working mothers as MPs pass breastfeeding bill". The Standard. 16 June 2017. Retrieved 5 August 2020.
  10. ^ "Former Athi Water director replaces Sabina Chege as Murang'a Woman Rep". People Daily.
  11. ^ "Murang'a woman rep Sabina Chege wants to be Ruto's deputy in 2022". Daily Nation. 21 June 2016. Archived from the original on 15 September 2020. Retrieved 4 August 2020.
  12. ^ Anyango, Manny (19 May 2023). "I fully support, honour you – Sabina Chege to Ruto". The Star. Retrieved 22 May 2023.
  13. ^ "Moment of truth as Uhuru takes on Kega, Sabina Chege at Jubilee Party NDC". Nation. 22 May 2023. Retrieved 22 May 2023.
  14. ^ Data Report of 2017 Elections (PDF). Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission. April 2020. Archived (PDF) from the original on 15 September 2020. Retrieved 5 September 2020.
  15. ^ Data Report of 2013 Elections (PDF). Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission. 30 March 2013. Archived (PDF) from the original on 15 September 2020. Retrieved 7 September 2020.
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