Profile of Ezekiel Machogu New CS Education
Profile of Ezekiel Machogu New CS Education
President President William Ruto has today 26th September 2022 announced the full list of his new cabinet of the Kenya Kwanza government where by Ezekiel Machogu has been appointed new Education CS.
The old cabinet has been knocked out of the government with a new blood appointed in the ministries unlike the past regime where the head of state could retain a section of the Cabinet Secretaries.
Ezekiel Ombaki Machogu, who has neen nominated for the post of Education CS is not common to majority of the Kenyans.
Machogu is a highly profiled Kisii politician who has been a member of Parliament from Nyaribari Masaba. EZEKIEL Machogu will now take over from professor George Magoha.
Ezekiel Machogu joined Ruto’s UDA party from Azimio la Umoja in January 2022 after falling out with politicians in the movement. He went ahead to vie for the Kisii governor seat on a UDA ticket.
He was, however, defeated by the incumbent ODM Governor Simba Arati who gunnered 270,928 votes against Machogu who came second with 82,104 votes.
Machogu was born on January 1, 1956 at Nyariba Masaba in Kisii county. He first joined politics in 1976.
Honorable Machogu completed his primary school education and joined Nduru boys for O levels from which he proceeded to Agoro secondary for A-levels and later University of Nairobi.
In 1979 he graduated with a Business Administration Degree from the University of Nairobi. He started his career in 1976 as a District Officer (DO) under the office of the President.
From 1989 to 2008, Ezekiel Machogu served as a DC before proceeding to the position of Senior Deputy Secretary for the Public Service Commission between 2008 and 2016.
Machogu joined politics and was elected the MP for Nyariba Msaba in 2017 after defeating former MP Elijah Moindi.
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