{"id":104028,"date":"2023-10-02T21:41:46","date_gmt":"2023-10-02T21:41:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/all-news\/waiguru-re-elected-as-council-of-governors-chairperson"},"modified":"2023-10-02T21:56:23","modified_gmt":"2023-10-02T21:56:23","slug":"waiguru-re-elected-as-council-of-governors-chairperson","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/all-news\/waiguru-re-elected-as-council-of-governors-chairperson","title":{"rendered":"Waiguru re-elected as Council of Governors chairperson"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Kenya. <\/strong><\/span>Kirinyaga Governor Anne Waiguru has been re-elected as the Council of Governors (CoG) chairperson.<\/p>\n<p>She was elected on Monday, during the elections for the Executive and Technical Committee in Nairobi after she had declared interest in defending her seat.<\/p>\n<p>She is currently serving her second term as Governor.<\/p>\n<p>Waiguru previously served as the Council&#8217;s first female vice chairperson from December 2017 to January 2019.<\/p>\n<p>Last year she took over from former Embu Governor Martin Wambora.<\/p>\n<p>The previous CoG chairpersons in Kenya&#8217;s history are Bomet&#8217;s Isaac Ruto (2013-2015), Meru&#8217;s Peter Munya (2015-2017), Turkana&#8217;s Josphat Nanok (2017-2019), Kakamega&#8217;s Wycliffe Oparanya (2019-2021) and Embu&#8217;s Martin Wambora (2021-2022).<\/p>\n<p>Former Kwale Governor Salim Mvurya was elected CoG chairperson in December 2017 but did not serve his one-year term.<\/p>\n<p>At the time, Nanok was the CoG chief.<\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\">Kenya<\/a> Follow <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/\">Africa-Press<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Kenya. 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