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Ababu Namwamba's Biography in Summary

Ababu is a Kenyan politician who was appointed by President William Ruto as Cabinet Secretary for Youth Affairs, Sports, and the Arts. Ababu Namwamba is a Kenyan politician and lawyer with the proverbial cat's nine lives. Former President Mwai Kibaki bestowed upon him the Order of the Elder of the Golden Heart (EGH), Kenya's highest civilian national honor, in 2012. As the politics of 2022 take form, he has kept a quiet profile. Here is a biography of a man who could be described as the consummate politician.

Ababu Namwamba Education

Milimani Nursery in Eldoret, Port Victoria Primary School in Western, and Kolanya Boys High School in Teso North were among his schools.

He attended the University of Nairobi from 1993 to 1997 after finishing his Kenya Certificate of Secondary Education (KCSE). Later, he attended the Kenya School of Law before completing his Master of Laws Degree (LLM) in international law at the Washington College of Law in the United States, where he finished in 2004.

Ababu Namwamba Family

He is the youngest of eight children, six boys and two girls.

His mother's name is Mama Agatha Maina Namwamba, and his father's name is the late Peter Namwamba Lwecheche.

Ababu Namwamba's Professional Career

In 1996, while still a student at the institution, he was voted student leader. During this period, he chaired the Kenya Law Students Society and had the opportunity to meet notable persons such as former UN Secretary General Kofi Annan. This broadened his horizons, and he realized he wanted to work in diplomacy.

He worked at the Public Law Institute (PLI), Kenya's first civil society organization for public interest, until 2002.

Following his departure from PLI, he established the chambers of justice, a public interest trust that he led as chief counsel until 2007. The lawyer also established his own legal firm, Ababu Namwamba Attorneys-at-law.

In 2003, he established the Ababu Namwamba Foundation. The private nonprofit helps young Kenyans from primary school to university level education throughout the country. The same year, he won a constitutional case that upheld the rights of children suffering with HIV/AIDS. This action was launched when two schools in Ngong and Karen prevented HIV/AIDS patients from attending Nyumbani Children's Home. The case helped him gain international recognition.

In 2004, he won a landmark legal battle which was a one of a kind in the country. A Kenyan born in Pakistan was wrongfully accused of terrorism. 

Ababu Namwamba Politics

He joined the Orange Democratic Movement (ODM) in 2006 and ran for and won the Budalangi constituency parliamentary seat on the party's ticket. From 2008 to 2013, he was the party's parliamentary secretary, and from 2012 to 2013, he was the Minister for Sports and Youth Affairs.

He left the ODM in 2016 to join the Labor Party of Kenya, where he is currently the leader. The party announced its support for President Uhuru Kenyatta in 2017, and Ababu lost his Budalangi seat the next year.

He has been the Chief Administrative Secretary in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs since 2018.

Ababu Namwamba Marriage

In a past interview with the Standard Media, Ababu said his wife Prisca Mwaro is loving, loyal and understanding. He further added that she is the mother to his four children, Nkosi, Lulu, Tanya-Helena and Ababu Junior. 

A while ago though, several online articles published that the two had separated due to infidelity. The publications suggested he was living with two beauties, Luciana Mimo and a miss tourism Busia winner Paula Anne Machio and that he introduced the latter as his best wife.

President William Ruto's full Cabinet

1. Prime Cabinet Secretary - Musalia Mudavadi

2. CS for Interior - Kithure Kindiki

3. CS for National Treasury-Njuguna Ndung'u

4. CS for Public Service and Gender - Aisha Jumwa

5. CS for Defence - Aden Duale

6. CS for Water, Sanitation & Irrigation - Alice Wahome

7. CS for Foreign and Diaspora Affairs -Alfred Mutua

8. CS for Trade - Moses Kuria

9.CS for EAC - Rebecca Miano

10. CS for Roads - Onesmus Kipchumba Murkomen

11. CS for Lands - Zacharia Mwangi Njeru

12. CS for Tourism - Peninah Malonza

13. CS for Agriculture - Mithika Linturi

4. CS for Education - Ezekiel Machogu

15. CS for Energy and Petroleum - Davis Chirchir

16. CS for Sports - Ababu Namwamba

17. CS for Cooperatives and MSMEs - Simon Chelugui

18. CS for Mining - Salim Mvurya

19. CS for Labour - Florence Bore

20. CS for Health - Susan Wafula

21. CS for Communication - Eliud Owalo

22. CS for Environment & forestry - Roselinda Soipan Tuya

Attorney General - Justin Muturi

National Security adviser - Monica Juma

Secretary to the cabinet - Mercy Wanjau