Anne Waiguru

Anne Waiguru is the first of only three women Governors in Kenya. She served as the Vice Chair of the Council of Governors in Kenya between December 2017 and January 2019.

In 2017 , Waiguru who is currently 52 years old was elected Governor of Kirinyaga county, making her one of only 3 women governors in the country. She is currently developing a Sessional Paper for the county stipulating a 15-year visionary agenda titled the Mountain Cities Blueprint. The paper is the first sub-national paper in the country. She has also undertaken healthcare reforms, transport and infrastructure upgrades and is developing an industrial park to manufacture local produce.

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

At the end of August 2016, Anne Waiguru declared her interest in politics and registered for TNA membership. This was in preparation for the 2017 general election where she was planning to vie for the Kirinyaga County gubernatorial seat.

Anne Waiguru began her career in the public service by providing technical assistance to the Public Service Reform Secretariat in what was then the Cabinet Office. She then served as the Head of Governance and the Economic Stimulus Programme at the National Treasury, alternate to the Permanent Secretary/National Treasury in the Public Procurement Oversight Authority and Advisory Board and the Women Enterprise Fund Board. She was successfully nominated in 2011 as one of the Top 40 under 40 women in the country, the only nominee at the time from the Public Service.

Anne Mumbi Waiguru, EGH, OGW, (born 16 April 1972) is the 2nd and current Governor of Kirinyaga County in Kenya, in office since 22 August 2017. She was elected as Governor in elections held on 8 August 2017. Previously, she served as the first Cabinet Secretary in the Ministry of Devolution and Planning. She was nominated by President Uhuru Kenyatta to the position on 25 April 2013, holding a Master's Degree in Economics from the University of Nairobi, and having experience in finance, financial management systems, public service reform, capacity building, and governance. She is behind the establishment of Huduma Centres, places where Kenyan citizens can access government services more efficiently, as well as the 30% procurement rule, which accords at least 30 per cent of all supply contracts to the government to the youth, persons with disability and women.

Born on 16th April 1972, She attended Nairobi River Primary School and later Precious Blood Girls' Secondary School, Riruta where she sat for her O-Level exams in 1987. She then joined Moi Forces Academy in Nairobi where she sat for her A-Level exams in 1989. At Moi Forces Academy, Waiguru studied Mathematics, Physics and Chemistry. Upon graduating from Egerton University with a Bachelor's Degree in Agriculture and Home Economics, she worked for Transparency International as an intern and research assistant, and then joined the Kenya Leadership Institute. Waiguru holds a Master's Degree in Economics from the University of Nairobi, and has specialized experience in public finance, financial management systems, public service reform, capacity building and governance.