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Wycliffe Ambetsa Oparanya

BIOGRAPHY

Mr Oparanya is a two-term governor of Kakamega County, who also served as the Council of Governors chairperson for two terms between 2013 and 2022.

He first joined politics in 2002 when he was elected Butere MP, and was later in 2008 named Minister of State for Planning, National Development and Vision 2030 in government of President Mwai Kibaki.

Mr Oparanya was credited with delivering the 2009 National Census, and successfully wading through the crisis that arose after on the numbers. 

He is currently the deputy party leader of the Orange Democratic Movement (ODM) and is also the chairperson of the National Coalition Executive Council of the Azimio la Umoja One Kenya Coalition.

Mr Oparanya holds a Bachelor of Commerce (Accounting option) and an MBA (Finance) from the University of Nairobi and is currently in the process of completing his PhD (Economics) at the University of Dar- es- Salaam, Tanzania.

He is a Certified Public Accountant and a member of the Certified Public Accountants of Kenya (ICPAK) as well as numerous other professional bodies. Mr Oparanya has over two decades’ experience in local and international Finance Management, Audit and Business Consultancy.