H.E Wavinya Ndeti is the second Governor of Machakos County, one of seven female governors elected in August 2022, and a veteran of the Wiper Patriotic Front–Kenya (WPF). She aims to defend her seat in the 2027 General Elections.

LEADERSHIP EXPERIENCE

She entered Parliament in 2007 as MP for Kathiani Constituency under Chama Cha Uzalendo (CCU), the first woman to represent the area since independence. Under the Grand Coalition government she was Assistant Minister for Youth and Sports (2008–2013), and she later served as Chief Administrative Secretary (CAS) in the Ministry of Transport, Infrastructure, Housing and Urban Development. After unsuccessful bids for the Machakos governorship in 2013 and 2017, she won on the Wiper ticket in 2022.