David ole Nkedianye
1st Governor of Kajiado County
In office
27 March 2013  18 August 2017
DeputyPaul Ole Ntiati
Succeeded byJoseph Ole Lenku
Personal details
Born(1963-12-20)20 December 1963
Kitengela, Kajiado District, Kenya
Political partyOrange Democratic Movement
EducationUniversity of Nairobi

David Ole Nkedianye (born 20 December 1963) is a Kenyan politician who served as the 1st governor of Kajiado County.[1] Nkedianye won the Kajiado county 2013 gubernatorial elections closely defeating Parantai Moses of the Democratic Party (Kenya)[2]

In 2017, while defending his gubernatorial seat in an ODM ticket, Ole Nkedianye lost the elections to Jubilee party's Joseph Jama Ole Lenku.

Ole Nkedianye has previously served as a community facilitator for International Livestock Research Institute helping in the provision of breeding bulls for farmers in pastoral regions in Kajiado, Kenya[3]

Born in Kitengela, Kajiado County. Nkedianye is a graduate of the University of Nairobi and holds a PhD in Pastoralism land-use and conservation from the University of Edinburgh. Nkedianye also hold a Bachelor of Education in Social education and ethics from the Catholic University of East Africa.[4]

References

  1. "Governor Nkedianye's profile". Utawala Africa. Archived from the original on 25 February 2017. Retrieved 24 February 2017.
  2. "Governor Kajiado". Kajiado county. Retrieved 24 February 2017.
  3. "Kajiado County politics". The Star Newspaper. Retrieved 24 February 2017.
  4. "Nkedianye's Bio". soft Kenya. Retrieved 24 February 2017.


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