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James Opiyo Wandayi

BIOGRAPHY

Mr Wandayi is the Cabinet Secretary, Ministry of Energy and Petroleum.

Mr Wandayi first joined Parliament in 2013.

He served as the chairperson of the Public Accounts Committee (PAC) between 2017 and 2022, and led the team interrogate use of public funds by the National Government, the Judiciary, Constitutional commissions and independent offices.

Prior to joining politics, Mr Wandayi had extensive experience in strategic and operational management, where between 1998 and 2012, he held core management positions in the private sector within and outside Kenya, last being the Lead, Business Sustainability Manager, responsible for Uganda and Democratic Republic of Congo, at the British American Tobacco (BAT). 

Mr Wandayi is a graduate of the University of Nairobi where he earned a Bachelor of Science in Agriculture, specialising in Agricultural Economics in 1996.

He also has a Master’s in Business Administration (MBA) from Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology (JKUAT) and a diploma in Business Management from the Kenya Institute of Management (KIM).

He has recently obtained a Bachelor of Laws degree from Daystar University.