{{Short description|Kenyan politician}} {{Use dmy dates|date=October 2023}} {{Infobox officeholder | name = Betty Maina | image = File:Head of the Kenyan Delegation to the 12th World Trade Organisation Ministerial Conference Betty Maina.jpg | alt = | caption = | birth_name = | birth_date = | birth_place = | death_date = | death_place = | resting_place = | occupation = Politician | awards = | spouse = | children = | education = University College of London | signature = | party = | office = Secretary for Industrialization, Trade and Enterprise Development | term_start = | term_end = }} '''Betty Maina''' is a Kenyan politician who is currently Cabinet Secretary for Industrialization, Trade and Enterprise Development in the cabinet of Kenya.<ref name="current cabinet">{{cite web|url=https://cabinetoffice.go.ke/current-cabinet/|title=Current Cabinet|publisher=Cabinet Office|access-date=2020-09-15|archive-date=2020-09-16|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200916180643/https://cabinetoffice.go.ke/current-cabinet/|url-status=dead}}</ref>
Prior to taking up her position in the cabinet in 2020 she held roles at the Kenya Association of Manufacturers and the United Nations and as the Principal Secretary of the department for Industrialization, Trade and Enterprise Development.<ref name="capitalfm">{{cite web|url=https://www.capitalfm.co.ke/business/2020/03/betty-maina-takes-over-industrialization-ministry-pledges-to-support-smes/|publisher=Capital FM|title=Betty Maina Takes Over Industrialization Ministry, Pledges To Support SMEs|access-date=15 January 2020|date=2 March 2020}}</ref><ref name="daily nation">{{cite web|url=https://nation.africa/kenya/news/politics/the-rise-and-rise-of-betty-maina-241072|publisher=Daily Nation|date=2020-01-15|access-date=15 September 2020|title=The rise and rise of Betty Maina}}</ref>
== Education == Maina obtained a Master of Science Degree in Development Administration and planning from the University College of London in 1998.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Cabinet Secretary - Ministry of Industrialization, Trade and Enterprise Development (MoITED)|url=https://www.industrialization.go.ke/index.php/top-management/cabinet-secretary|access-date=2021-05-19|website=www.industrialization.go.ke}}</ref>
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