Catherine Wanjiku Waruguru

Catherine Wanjiku Waruguru
Women's Representative Laikipia County
In office
31 August 2017 – 9 August 2022
Preceded byJane Machira Apolos
Succeeded byJane Kagiri
Nominated Member of the Laikipia County Assembly
In office
2013–2017
Personal details
Born1987 (age 38–39)
PartyDCP

Catherine Wanjiku Waruguru is a Kenyan politician from Laikipia County. She was elected the women's representative for Laikipia County in the 12th Parliament, and a Nominated member of the first Laikipia County Assembly.

Education

Catherine earned her KCSE from Kanyama High School, before proceeding to Karatina Institute of Theological College where she gained a diploma in Theology. She also earned a diploma in Business Management from the Kenya Institute of Management. She further gained a certification in Public Relations from the Institute of Commercial Management, before gaining a Bachelors Degree in Business Management from Karatina University in 2016.[1]

Political career

Waruguru was nominated to the Laikipia County Assembly, on a TNA ticket, in the 2013 General Elections. In 2017, she successfully vied for the Women's representative seat in Laikipia County on a Jubilee Party ticket. During the 12th Parliament of Kenya, she was the Vice-Chaiperson of the National Assembly's Members & Services Facilities Committee, and a member of the Departmental Committee on Lands. She also launched a program in her home county to train youths in constrauction, in partnership with the National Industrial Training Institute.[2] She challeneged incumbent Amin Deddy for the Laikipia East Constituency seat[3] in the 2022 general elections, but the seat was won by Mwangi Kiunjuri.

References

  1. ↑ "Hon. Waruguru, Catherine Wanjiku". Kenyan Parliament. Archived from the original on 27 June 2024. Retrieved 15 April 2026.
  2. ↑ "Woman Rep rolls out program to empower youth constructors". Daily Nation. 21 October 2021. Retrieved 15 April 2026.
  3. ↑ "Voters value development, not insults, Amin Deddy tells Catherine Waruguru". Daily Nation. 15 April 2022. Retrieved 15 April 2026.