Machel Waikenda

Dr. Machel Waikenda
Director of Political and Intergovernmental Affairs, State House Kenya
Incumbent
Assumed office
5 May 2019
Preceded byJoshua Kutuny, Mp.
County Executive Committee Member, Kiambu County
In office
4 Jan 2014 – 4 Aug 2017
Preceded byKiambu Municipal Executives
Succeeded byNone
Director of Communications, The National Alliance
In office
April 2012 – 16 Dec 2013
Preceded byNew Party
Succeeded byNone
Executive Director, The National Alliance
In office
8 January 2012 – April 2012
Preceded byNew Position
Succeeded byWinnie Guchu
Personal details
Born
Machel Waikenda

(1981-04-23) 23 April 1981 (age 43)
Kiambu County
NationalityKenyan
Political partyUnited Democratic Alliance (Kenya)
ResidenceNairobi County
Alma mater
OccupationPolitician
Websitewww.waikenda.org

Dr. Machel Waikenda (/məˈʃɛl waɪˈkɛndə/ mə-SHEL wy-KEN-də; born 23 April 1981) is a Kenyan politician and the former State House Director of Political Affairs. He was formerly the executive-committee member in charge of youth affairs, sports, and communications in the county government of Kiambu. Between April 2012 and August 2013, Waikenda was the communications director for The National Alliance, which through a merger with 13 other mainstream parties formed the Jubilee Party that brought the then sitting president Uhuru Kenyatta to his reelection in 2017.[1][2][3]

  1. ^ "Officials". The National Alliance Website. Retrieved 19 October 2013.
  2. ^ "Kenya restricts 'hate' texting for elections". BBC News. Retrieved 19 October 2013.
  3. ^ "Uhuru allies fold parties in 2017 re-election plan". Daily Nation. Retrieved 6 August 2019.