CECILY MBARIRE
| DATE OF BIRTH | December 26,1972 |
| GENDER | Female |
| OCCUPATION | Politician |
Biography
Cecily Mbarire is a Kenyan politician who has been serving as the governor of Embu County since August 25, 2022.
She is the chairperson of Kenya’s ruling party, United Democratic Alliance, and the patron of The Kenya Scouts Association (Embu County).
Family
Mbarire comes from a political family. Her father, Joseph Njagi Mbarire (deceased), was a long-serving councillor in the now-defunct Embu County Council until his election as MP for Embu North in 1974.
He served for two terms until 1983, when he was replaced by his neighbour Stanley Nyaga Kithung’a.
Educational Background of Cecily Mbarire
Cecily Mbarire was a Secondary School Student at Muragari Primary School in Mukuuri, where her mother Margaret was a long-serving teacher until her retirement in the early 1990s.
She moved to St Peters Boarding School in Ishiara in Class 4 and thereafter to Sacred Heart Girls School, Kyeni. at Sacred Heart Kyeni Girls High School Embu.
Thereafter, she pursued a Bachelor of Arts (Political Science) at Egerton University as an Undergraduate Student.
Afterwards she pursued a Post-Graduate Diploma in Gender and Development Studies at the University of Nairobi.
Politics
Mbarire’s political career began at Egerton University, where she served as chairperson of the Egerton University Student Association.
However, she came into the public limelight in 1996 as an outspoken programme coordinator of Youth Agenda in the Social Democratic Party (SDP), whose presidential flagbearer was Charity Ngilu.
Between 2002 and 2007, she served as a nominated Member of Parliament under NARC. Since 2013, she has held the position of Chairperson of the Kenya Women Parliamentary Association (KEWOPA).
Prior to this, she served as KEWOPA’s Secretary from 2002 until March 2013. From December 2005 to December 2007, she was an Assistant Minister in the Ministry of Transport.
Later, from April 2008 to March 4, 2013, she took on the role of Assistant Minister for Tourism in the coalition government.
In the National Assembly she is a member of the Departmental Committee on Public Works, Roads & Transport from March 2013.
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