Sabina Chege
OfficeNominated MP to National Assembly
Term start8 September 2022
Office 2Woman Representative for Murang'a County
Term start 228 March 2013
Term end 28 September 2022
Predecessor 2Position established
Successor 2Beatrice Maina
Birth nameSabina Wanjirū Chege
PartyJubilee Party
Alma materUniversity of Nairobi

Sabina Wanjirū Chege (born 22 August 1978) is a Kenyan politician and former television actress and radio presenter who is a member of the Kenyan Parliament.[1]

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

Education and early career

Sabina Wanjirū Chege attended Our Lady Consolata Mūgoiri Girls High School in Murang'a County,[2] 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.[1] 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

She was elected to the National Assembly as a women's representative for Mūrang'a 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 commercialized blood transfusions and created a new national body to coordinate blood donations nationally. This move was criticized 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] In September 2024, she sponsored the Horticultural Crops Authority Bill 2024 that sought to introduce licensing, regulation, postharvest handling, and marketing by a Horticultural Crops Authority. The bill was controversial and has since not been passed to law.[10][11]

She was succeeded by Beatrice Njeri Maina in the 2022 Kenyan general elections for the Mūrang'a Women Rep position.[12] She had declared an interest in becoming the running mate for Kenyan Deputy President William Ruto in the 2022 presidential election.[13] She then supported Raila Odinga.

In May 2023, she pledged allegiance to President William Ruto.[14] for disloyalty, former president Uhuru Kenyatta expelled her from the Jubilee party.[15]

See also

References

  1. ^ "Sabina Wanjiru Chege". University of Nairobi. Archived 16 September 2019 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved 4 August 2020.
  2. ^ Our Lady Consolata Mugoiri Girls High School. "Message from the Principal's Desk". Retrieved 5 March 2024.
  3. ^ "Hot Women Representative Sabina Chege and co-wife in love drama". The Standard. Archived 3 September 2020 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved 5 August 2020.
  4. ^ "MP: I am happily married to my husband". Daily Nation. 13 August 2017. Archived 15 September 2020 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved 5 August 2020.
  5. ^ "Sabina Wanjiru Chege". Mzalendo. Archived 14 December 2017 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved 20 December 2017.
  6. ^ "When Sabina Chege was robbed of joy and the teary aftermath". Daily Nation. 22 June 2019. Archived 15 September 2020 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved 4 August 2020.
  7. ^ Munuhe. "Inside story of why the Teachers Service Commission list was rejected". The Standard. Archived 30 August 2017 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved 20 December 2017.
  8. ^ "More opposition for Sabina Chege's blood transfusion commercialisation Bill". Daily Nation. 24 December 2019. Archived 25 December 2019 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved 5 August 2020.
  9. ^ "Boost for working mothers as MPs pass breastfeeding bill". The Standard. 16 June 2017. Retrieved 5 August 2020.
  10. ^ "What Horticulture Crops Authority Bill 2024 means for fruit, vegetable farmers". Citizen Digital. 20 Sep 2024.
  11. ^ "Why youll soon need a licence to sell vegetables". KenyanWallStreet. 21 Sep 2024.
  12. ^ "Former Athi Water director replaces Sabina Chege as Murang'a Woman Rep". People Daily
  13. ^ "Murang'a woman rep Sabina Chege wants to be Ruto's deputy in 2022". Daily Nation. 21 June 2016. Archived 15 September 2020 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved 4 August 2020.
  14. ^ Anyango, Manny (19 May 2023). "I fully support, honour you – Sabina Chege to Ruto" (in en-KE). The Star. Retrieved 2023-05-22.
  15. ^ "Moment of truth as Uhuru takes on Kega, Sabina Chege at Jubilee Party NDC". Nation. 2023-05-22. Retrieved 2023-05-22.