Charity Ngilu | |
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| 2nd County Governor of Kitui | |
| In office 22 August 2017 – 25 August 2022 | |
| Deputy | Wathe Nzau |
| Preceded by | Julius Malombe |
| Succeeded by | Julius Malombe |
| Cabinet Secretary for Land, Housing and Urban Development | |
| In office 15 May 2013 – 29 March 2015 | |
| President | Uhuru Kenyatta |
| Preceded by | James Orengo |
| Succeeded by | Fred Matiang'i (acting) |
| Minister of Water and Irrigation | |
| In office 17 April 2008 – 2013 | |
| President | Mwai Kibaki |
| Prime Minister | Raila Odinga |
| Preceded by | Mutua Mutuku |
| Succeeded by | Judy Wakhungu |
| Minister of Health | |
| In office 3 January 2003 – 6 October 2007 | |
| President | Mwai Kibaki |
| Member of Parliament for Kitui Central | |
| In office 26 January 1993 – 28 March 2013 | |
| Preceded by | George Ndotto |
| Succeeded by | Makali Mulu |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 28 January 1952 Machakos, Kenya Colony |
| Political party | NARC, Social Democratic Party |
| Children | 3 |
| Alma mater | St. Paul's University (BA) |
| Website | www |
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]
- ^ "Evewoman : Charity Ngilu:Kenya's first female presidential candidate". standardmedia.co.ke.
- ^ "Alliance Girls High School: Historical Perspectives". Alliancegirlshigh.com. 28 February 1948. Archived from the original on 3 September 2011. Retrieved 9 August 2011.
- ^ 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
- ^ 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.