ANDREW KARANJA
| YEAR OF BIRTH | 1962 |
| GENDER | Male |
| OCCUPATION | Politician |
Biography
President William Ruto nominated Dr. Andrew Karanja to be Kenya’s Ambassador to Brazil.
Before the cabinet reshuffle, he served as cabinet secretary for Agriculture and Livestock Development for 134 days.
Dr. Karanja has more than 36 years of experience in the public sector both locally and internationally in the fields of agriculture, rural development, and finance.
Education
Andrew Karanja holds a degree in Agriculture from the University of Nairobi (1984-1987) and a master’s degree in Agricultural Economics from the same University (1987-1991).
The Agriculture CS nominee also has a PhD in development economics and policy from Wageningen University in the Netherlands (1998-2002).
Dr. Andrew Mwihia Karanja is an Agricultural Economist at the World Bank with more than 36 years of experience in the public sector, both locally and internationally.
He majors in the fields of development economics, rural development and finance, agriculture and livestock development, project formulation, management and evaluation.
Professional Career of Andrew Karanja
Karanja started his career as an extension officer at the Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock Development, before rising through the ranks as a Planning Officer.
He later joined Coffee Research Foundation (CRF) as a Research Officer/Agricultural Economist where he rose to Senior Agricultural Economist and Head of Economics Department.
During his eleven-year tenure at CRF, he collaborated with the Cocoa Board of Ghana, the International Coffee Organization (ICO), and the Intra-Africa Coffee Organization.
At CRF, he participated in various committees, task forces, and commissions that led the coffee industry’s reform in the 1990s.
In 2002, Andrew Karanja worked as a research fellow at Egerton University and the Tegemeo Policy Research Institute, where he conducted policy research on the liberalization of the dairy industry, among others.
The CS nominee joined the World Bank in 2003, as an Agricultural Economist and later promoted to Senior Agricultural Economist in charge of World Bank rural and agriculture portfolio in Kenya and in the East Africa region.
His duties included the preparation and supervision of World Bank lending operations in the agricultural and environment sectors as a task team leader.
Others comprised of undertaking and supervision of policy analysis on various rural/agricultural issues, coordination activities with other development partners and the Government of Kenya.
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