Sabina Wanjiru Chege

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]

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 has declared an interest in becoming the running-mate for Kenyan Deputy President William Ruto in the 2022 presidential election.[9]

• Murang'a County
• Parliament of Kenya

• Website of the Parliament of Kenya