How educated is Ukur Yatani? Yatani was born in 1967 in Forole of North Horr sub-county to Yatani Kanacho.
His father was a prominent Gabra elder. In 1975, he started school in Maikona Primary School, and was then transferred to North Horr Primary school in 1978.
Yatani sat for his Certificate of Primary Education (CPE) in 1981 and emerged the top student in the then Marsabit District.
He was given a scholarship by the Jomo Kenyatta Foundation and he joined Garbatulla High school where he equally performed well and later joined Kabarnet High school for his A-levels between 1986 and 1987.
Yatani received his Bachelor of Arts in Economics and Sociology from Egerton University in 1991.
In 2005, he joined the University of York in the UK and studied a Master of Public Administration and Public Policy.
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Yatani served as the First Governor of Marsabit County from 2013 to 2017, was the Permanent Representative to the United Nations in Vienna from 2009 to 2012, and served as the Member of Parliament for North Horr Constituency in 2006.
In 2019 he served as the Cabinet Secretary for Labour and Social Protection. In 2020 he was named Cabinet Secretary or the National Treasury.
