How educated is Charity Ngilu? Governor Charity Ngilu studied at Mbooni Intermediate School for her primary education.
She later proceeded to Alliance Girls for her secondary education and sat for her exams in 1972.
She then worked as a secretary for Central Bank of Kenya, before becoming an entrepreneur. She acted as a director of a plastics extrusion factory.
Ngilu then proceeded to Kianda College and Government Secretarial College where she trained in Management and Secretarial.
In 1975, the vocal governor joined the Kenya Institute of Administration and graduated as a certified secretary.
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In 2012, Ngilu graduated with a Bachelor’s Degree in Leadership and Management from St Paul’s University.
It can be noted that Charity Ngilu was born 28 January 1952. She became the second governor elected for Kitui County. She unsuccessfully vied to be President of the Republic of Kenya in 1997.
She served as Minister for Health from 2003 until 2007 and Minister of Water and Irrigation from April 2008 to 2013. She also served as Cabinet Secretary for Land, Housing and Urban Development from 2013 until 2015.
Along with the late Joyce Laboso of Bomet County and Anne Waiguru of Kirinyaga County, Ngilu was one of three women who became Kenya’s first female governors in 2017.
