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About Hon Esther Okenyuri Anyieni
Esther Okenyuri Anyieni (born 1991) is a Member of Parliament at the Senate of Kenya, nominated by Kenya’s ruling party, United Democratic Alliance. She is a member of KEWOPA, the Vice Chairperson of the Senate Standing Committee on Trade, Industrialization and Tourism, a member of the Senate Standing Committee on Health, and the Senate Powers and Privileges Committee. She currently is the Deputy Secretary General of the Kenya Young Parliamentarians Association and the Organizing Secretary of Kenyan Women Senators Association. Okenyuri was gazetted as a nominated Senator for Soipan Tuya, who was appointed by President William Ruto, EGH as Ministry of Environment Cabinet Secretary.

Early life
Esther Okenyuri Anyieni was born on February 18, 1991 in Kenyenya Village in Bomachoge Borabu, to the Late Henry Anyieni Oketch (1956-2006), a civil servant, and Lydia Nyachija Munema, a high school teacher. She joined Tarang’aya Girls primary school for her KCPE education before joining the Kenya High School for her O-Levels. She graduated from Maasai Mara University with a BSc in Information Sciences (Records management option) in 2015. She has completed Certified Public Accountant Part One from the Kisii College of Accountancy.

Political career
Okenyuri was a student leader at the Maasai Mara University students association. She was appointed by President Uhuru Kenyatta to head the youth wing of the Jubilee Party Campaigns in Kisii County during the re-election campaigns of the Jubilee government. Between 2017 and 2022 Esther Okenyuri Anyieni worked in the office of the Deputy President as an Assistant Director of Research. She was involved in by-elections that took place between 2017 and 2022, notably in Matungu, Kabuchai, Kiambaa, Msambweni and Bonchari Constituencies.

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