Charity Ngilu

Charity Ngilu
2nd County Governor of Kitui
In office
22 August 2017 – 25 August 2022
DeputyWathe Nzau
Preceded byJulius Malombe
Succeeded byJulius Malombe
Cabinet Secretary for Land, Housing and Urban Development
In office
15 May 2013 – 29 March 2015
PresidentUhuru Kenyatta
Preceded byJames Orengo
Succeeded byFred Matiang'i (acting)
Minister of Water and Irrigation
In office
17 April 2008 – 2013
PresidentMwai Kibaki
Prime MinisterRaila Odinga
Preceded byMutua Mutuku
Succeeded byJudy Wakhungu
Minister of Health
In office
3 January 2003 – 6 October 2007
PresidentMwai Kibaki
Member of Parliament
for Kitui Central
In office
26 January 1993 – 28 March 2013
Preceded byGeorge Ndotto
Succeeded byMakali Mulu
Personal details
Born (1952-01-28) 28 January 1952 (age 72)
Machakos, Kenya Colony
Political partyNARC,
Social Democratic Party
Children3
Alma materSt. Paul's University (BA)
Websitewww.mamangilu.co.ke

Charity Kaluki Ngilu (born 28 January 1952) is a Kenyan politician and the second governor elected for Kitui County. She unsuccessfully vied to be President of the Republic of Kenya in 1997.[1] She served as Minister for Health from 2003 until 2007 and Minister of Water and Irrigation from April 2008 to 2013. She also served as Cabinet Secretary for Land, Housing and Urban Development from 2013 until 2015.

Charity Ngilu attended Alliance Girls High School,[2] then joined Government Secretarial College, Kianda College, and the Kenya Institute of Administration for Commerce to receive management and secretarial skills. She started as a secretary before becoming a prosperous businesswoman in the plastics and bakery industries.[3]

Along with Joyce Laboso and Anne Waiguru,[4] Ngilu is one of three women who became Kenya's first female governors in 2017.[4]

  1. ^ "Evewoman : Charity Ngilu:Kenya's first female presidential candidate". standardmedia.co.ke.
  2. ^ "Alliance Girls High School: Historical Perspectives". Alliancegirlshigh.com. 28 February 1948. Archived from the original on 3 September 2011. Retrieved 9 August 2011.
  3. ^ tripp, aili (1 January 2011), Akyeampong, Emmanuel K.; Gates, Henry Louis (eds.), "Ngilu, Charity Kaluki", Dictionary of African Biography, Oxford University Press, doi:10.1093/acref/9780195382075.001.0001, ISBN 978-0-19-538207-5, retrieved 17 February 2023
  4. ^ a b Mabel, Winnie (29 July 2019). "Meet Bomet Governor Joyce Laboso's rarely seen husband and handsome sons". Tuko.co.ke – Kenya news. Retrieved 27 September 2019.