Angellah Kairuki

Honourable
Angellah Kairuki
MP
Deputy Minister of Lands,Housing and Human Settlement
Incumbent
Assumed office
7 May 2012
Minister William Lukuvi
Member of Parliament
Incumbent
Assumed office
November 2010
Constituency None (Special Seat)
Personal details
Born 10 September 1976
Nationality Tanzanian
Political party CCM
Spouse(s) Mbelwa Kairuki
Children 2
Alma mater University of Hull (LL.B)
Staffordshire University (PgDL)
Profession Lawyer
Website www.angellahkairuki.com

Angellah Jasmine Mbelwa Kairuki (born 10 September 1976) is a Tanzanian CCM politician and a special seat Member of Parliament since 2010. She is the current Deputy Minister for Lands, Housing and Human Settlement.[1] Previously served as Deputy Minister for Constitutional and Legal Affairs. Prior to joining politics, she worked in the Attorney General’s Chambers as Parliamentary Draftsman and as a State Attorney in the Office of the Director of Public Prosecution.

Angellah Kairuki has also worked in the Private Sector as Head of Department of the Ethics, Compliance and Governance at VODACOM Group PTY. In 2011 she was appointed by the Speaker of the National Assembly to represent Tanzania in the Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU) and she was elected by the IPU assembly to become a Member of Human Rights Committee of the IPU.Currently she holds the portfolio of Secretary General of the Tanzania Women Parliamentary Group. She is also a member of the National Executive Committee of the ruling party Chama Cha Mapinduzi (CCM) and Member of the National Council of UWT, the ruling party’s women wing. She is an advocate of the High Court of Tanzania and a Member of Tanzania Institute of Arbitrators. She has an LLB degree from the University of Hull and a PgDL in Legal Practice from Staffordshire University.

References

  1. "Member of Parliament CV". Parliament of Tanzania. Retrieved 24 February 2013.

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