On 27th October 2022, Sports and Youth Affairs CS nominee Ababu Namwamba showed up with his two sons ahead of his swearing-in at State House.
Earlier, during his vetting at the Parliament, Namwamba referred to himself as a village boy from the land of lions. In Bundalangi, he led an ordinary life of a village child before proceeding to the University of Nairobi to study for his Bachelor of law after high school.
After some years, he was privileged to join an American government scholarship to do his masters at American University College of Law Washington DC.
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Hon. Ababu Namwamba was the Chief Administrative Secretary (CAS) of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs from 26th January 2018. He has previously served as a Parliament (MP) member for two terms in the 10th and 11th Parliament.
He has vast experience as a legislator and chaired key House Committees such as the Parliamentary Select Committee on Constitutional Review, Justice and Legal Affairs Committee, and the Public Accounts Committee (PAC). He also set a record for the highest number of Private Member's Motions and Bills in the 10th and 11th Parliament, respectively.
Hon. Namwamba has served as the Minister for Sports and Youth Affairs of the Republic of Kenya. He is known for enacting the long-desired Sports Act, actualizing the National Youth Council, strengthening the National Youth Service (NYS), and Streamlining the National Youth Enterprise Fund.
Hon. Namwamba has an imposing profile as a public interest attorney and has previously been very active on the international lobbying circuit, strongly advocating for international human rights and fair trade practices.
Hon. Namwamba is an author of various publications and has been a respected columnist with the Sunday Nation and Standard on Sunday Kenya's top two newspapers.
Hon. Ababu Namwamba holds a Master of Laws (LLM) Degree from American University, Washington College of Law, Washington D. C. He also has a Diploma in Legal Practice from the Kenya School of Law and a Bachelor of law (LLB) Degree from the University of Nairobi.
In 2012 Hon. President Mwai Kibaki conferred Ababu Namwamba with the Order of the Elder of the Golden Heart (EGH), Kenya's highest civilian national honour.
Ababu is a brilliant Orator, reflected in his section during his vetting. His net worth is 425M Kenya shillings. According to Ababu, the spread of that net worth includes Nairobi residents, Busia, Shares in Safaricom, a Cooperative bank and Kenya power, a business, his pension, two vehicles, and two water vessels.
