Sabina Wanjiru Chege

Sabina Wanjiru Chege is a Kenyan politician and former television actress and radio presenter who currently serves in the Kenya National Assembly as the woman representative for Murang'a County.

Sabina Wanjiru Chege
MP
Woman representative for Murang'a County
Assumed office
4 March 2013
Majority277,141 (54.7%)
Personal details
Born22 August 1978 (1978-08-22) (age 43)
Political partyJubilee Party
Alma materUniversity of Nairobi

Education and early career

Sabina Wanjiru Chege attended 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.[1] Prior to entering politics she was an actress in the television soap Tausi where the 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.[2] She is married with three children.[3]

Political career

She was elected to the National Assembly as 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.[4] In her first term in parliament she was chairperson of 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.[5][6]

In 2019 she sponsored the Kenya National Blood Transfusion Service Bill which commercialise blood transfusions and create a new national body to coordinate blood donations nationally. This move was criticised by the Kenya National Union of Medical Laboratory Officers.[7] She also sponsored the Breastfeeding Mothers Bill that would require employers to provide facilities and breaks for employees who were breastfeeding.[8]

She had declared an interest in becoming the running-mate for Kenyan Deputy President William Ruto in the 2022 presidential election.[9] Now supporting Raila Odinga.

Election results
General election 2017: Murang'a[10]
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[11]
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

See also

References
  1. "Sabina Wanjiru Chege". University of Nairobi. Archived from the original on 16 September 2019. Retrieved 4 August 2020.
  2. "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.
  3. "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.
  4. "Sabina Wanjiru Chege". Mzalendo. Archived from the original on 14 December 2017. Retrieved 20 December 2017.
  5. "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.
  6. 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.
  7. "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.
  8. "Boost for working mothers as MPs pass breastfeeding bill". The Standard. 16 June 2017. Retrieved 5 August 2020.
  9. "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.
  10. 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.
  11. 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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