Wavinya Ndeti
| Wavinya Ndeti | |
|---|---|
| Candidate | Ran for the office of Governor Machakos 2017 |
| Minister | Hellen Sambili |
| Assistant Minister Youth And Sports | |
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In office 3 April 2008 – 9 April 2013 |
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| President | Mwai Kibaki |
| Member of Parliament for Kathiani | |
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In office 29 December 2007 – 4 March 2013 |
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| Preceded by | Peter Kyalo Kaindi - NARC |
| Succeeded by | Robert Mbui - WDM-K |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
3 November 1967 Machakos, Kenya |
| Nationality | Kenyan |
| Political party | WDM-K |
| Spouse(s) | Henry Oduwale (m. 1990; d. 2016) |
| Children | 3 |
| Parents | |
| Residence | Machakos |
| Alma mater | South Bank University, (BSC, Graduate Diploma, Advanced Diploma in computer science) |
| Website | www |
| Nickname(s) | Osa Vinya na Wavinya |
Wavinya Ndeti (born 3 November 1967) is a Kenya politician who was Member of Parliament for Kathiani. She was a WDM-K candidate for Machakos Governor in 2017.
Ndeti supported the new constitution, citing importance of having uniform distribution of resources and having decentralized leadership. Although the document was unpopular in the Machakos District, the majority of Kenyans voted in favour of the new constitution, which President Mwai Kibaki promulgated on August 27 2010.
Ndeti, one of the founding members of CORD ran for the newly created office of The Governor on a CCU ticket in 2013. She picked former water and natural resources minister Mutua Katuku as her running mate.
Wavinya Ndeti ditched Chama Cha Uzalendo for Wiper on the morning of April 5th 2017, in line with the law that requires candidates to change political parties within 90days to election. Initially she was handed direct nomination with Peter Mathuki as running mate, but the party decided to hold primaries.
The deal had been a product of months of negotiations between Wiper Party and Wavinya’s CCU party with Kalonzo said to have prevailed upon Mathuki and Machakos Deputy Governor Bernard Kiala to compromise their ambitions in favour of a ticket that would send Mutua home and win back the seat to the party.
Muthama, the incumbent senator announced that he will not defend his seat in the 2017 Kenya general elections on the Wiper ticket.
This led to the WDM-K NEB awarding a direct nomination to a former Machakos County Secretary for Education Jackson Kala to represent the party in the Senate election.
Ndeti was cleared to run for Governor by the IEBC in early June 2017.
Wavinya Ndeti on June 9th challenged the ruling at the High Court.
High Court Judge George Vincent Odunga stayed the IEBC tribunal decision. On 14th June 2017,the judge rejected a petition by the IEBC to disqualify himself. Kiala decided to run as an independent.
Ndeti was also been entangled in long-running court battles with CCU Party Chairman Maur Bwanamaka over its leadership until she joined WDM-K.
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