Minister of State for Planning, National Development and Vision 2030
In office 2008–2013
President
Mwai Kibaki
Prime Minister
Raila Odinga
Member of the Kenyan Parliament
In office 2002–2013
Constituency
Butere
Personal details
Born
Wycliffe Ambetsa Oparanya
(1956-03-25) 25 March 1956 (age 68) Butere, Kenya Colony
Political party
ODM
Alma mater
University of Nairobi (BCom), (MBA)
Profession
Accountant
Wycliffe Ambetsa Oparanya (born 25 March 1956) is a Kenyan politician who served as the governor of Kakamega County from 2013 to 2022. He was elected on 4 March 2013 and became the first governor of Kakamega County following promulgation of the Constitution of Kenya in 2010 and subsequently in August 2017, for his second term as the governor. He is, therefore, the pioneer Governor of Kakamega County under the devolved system of governance in Kenya that established 47 counties. He was previously Minister of State for Planning, National Development and Vision 2030 in the government of the late President Mwai Kibaki. He was appointed on 14 January 2019 as the Council of Governors of Kenya chairperson.[1] Wycliffe Oparanya is also the current ODM Party Deputy Party Leader.[2]
^"Wycliffe Oparanya, Wa Iria new Council of Governors bosses". Daily Nation. Retrieved 16 January 2019.
^"Even ODM Deputy Party Leader, WYCLIFFE OPARANYA, now agrees RUTO may beat RAILA badly in the 2022 presidential contest – Look!". ENews Kenya. Retrieved 23 October 2021.
Wycliffe Ambetsa Oparanya (born 25 March 1956) is a Kenyan politician who served as the governor of Kakamega County from 2013 to 2022. He was elected...
Ayub Savula. He has been governor since 2022, following the end of WycliffeOparanya's second and final term in office. Boni Khalwale is the senator and...
receive heavy rainfalls in the years the 1990s backward. In 2013, WycliffeOparanya was elected as the first Governor of Kakamega County, and he retained...
Council of Governors. Unfortunately he didn't get to, instead governor WycliffeOparanya took over from NANOK. In October 2022, he was appointed the Cabinet...
initially controversial and rejected as too large by Planning Minister WycliffeOparanya, a court ruling (February 7, 2012) by Justice Mohammed Warsame stated...
Sabina Chege, Peter Kenneth, Stephen Kipkiyeny Tarus, Ali Hassan Joho, WycliffeOparanya, Lee Kinyanjui and Charity Ngilu. Musyoka, Odinga's two-time running...
Academic and Author. Winner of the first Hideyo Noguchi Africa Prize. WycliffeOparanya Governor of Kakamega County Judy Wakhungu, Kenyan Ambassador to France...
In August 2018, the Kakamega County Government, led by Governor WycliffeOparanya, agreed with the lead investor, Julius Mwale, to set aside their differences...
8th Election" (PDF). Capital FM Kenya. Retrieved 6 February 2018. "WycliffeOparanya, Wa Iria new Council of Governors bosses". Daily Nation. Retrieved...
National Development and Vision 2030 In office 2008–2013 Minister WycliffeOparanya Assistant Minister of Finance In office 2005–2007 Assistant Minister...
Judge Njoki Ndung'u is fabricated". "KDRTV - Breaking Kenya News : WycliffeOparanya begs Senators to pass bill "The People of Kenya need their money""...
has been an upsurge of self-help groups such as One-acre farm. Wycliffe Ambetsa Oparanya, Prof. Ruth Oniang'o, Hon. Andrew Toboso, and Fred Omukubi Otswong'o...
County David Maraga - Retired Chief Justice of the Republic of Kenya WycliffeOparanya - 1st Governor of Kakamega County Fred Matiang'i - Cabinet Secretary...
Chairperson of the Committee is Peter Daka from Zambia. Deputy Chairperson Babacar Gaye from Senegal. Rapporteur is WycliffeOparanya from Kenya. v t e...
some of the candidates who have made public their intentions to run: WycliffeOparanya - Minister Planning Development and Vision 2030 Soita Shitanda - Minister...
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