Moses Akaranga

Kenyan Parliament
In office 2003–2007
President	Mwai Kibaki
Preceded by	Musalia Mudavadi
Succeeded by	Musalia Mudavadi
Constituency	Sabatia
Personal details
Born	(1953-10-18) 18 October 1953 (age 70)
Nationality	Kenyan
Political party	PPK
Spouse	Elizabeth Akaranga
Children	5
Residence	Munugi
Occupation	Reverend

Reverend Moses Akaranga is a Kenyan politician who served as the first governor of

at the 2007 elections.

He is the first Kenyan Member of Parliament to unseat a sitting Vice President.

political career

In 2002, he was elected as M.P for Sabatia Constituency. He served as a Commissioner with the Parliamentary Service Commission and was the Chairperson of the Parliamentary Staff Welfare Committee. In 2003, he was appointed as Assistant Minister for Agriculture and in 2004 became Minister of State for Public Service in the Office of the President. During his tenure as a Minister, Kenya was awarded the prestigious United Nations Public Service Award. He initiated Performance Contracting in the Public Service, introduced the Rapid Results Initiative program (RRI), oversaw the review of civil servant salaries and the increment of pensions to all retired civil servants. He has also served as the vice chairman of the Humanitarian Settlement Fund. He previously worked as a Senior Business Manager at

of Kenya Limited thereafter working with the [[Pentecostal Assemblies of Kenya]] (P.A.G. Kenya) as the General Administrator. In Kenya’s 2013 general election, Moses vied in the gubernatorial elections, winning as Governor of Vihiga County, alongside Deputy Governor Caleb Temba Amaswache. He was elected on a PPK party ticket.^[1]

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