Ronald Osumba
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| Born | Kibera |
| Nationality | Kenyan |
| Children | 2 |
| Alma mater | Moi University (BBM) |
Ronald Osumba, an Archbishop Tutu Fellow and an Aspen Institute graduate, is the Head of Public Sector at Oracle Corporation Kenya. He was also recently appointed Chairman of the Youth Advisory Board, a state corporation, by the President of the Republic of Kenya. He has experience spanning 12 years in the private sector working with various Blue Chip Companies. He has led highly successful teams in the areas of public policy, business development, thought-leadership, brand, relationship and financial management.
Ronald served as Managing Partner and currently Chairman of Board at Emerald Africa Consulting, a public policy firm, and has had an exemplary career as Senior Manager for Government Relations at Safaricom Limited, a job that allowed him to shape policy decisions both at the national and county government levels. He has worked with many Youth organizations, notably Kenya Model United Nations, Youth Agenda, and National Youth Convention amongst others.
Ronald founded Onward Kenya, a Social Action platform rallying the Youth to organize for social Change. He chairs the Board of Youth Entrepreneurship and Sustainability (YES) Kenya and serves on Managing Committee Starehe Boys’ Centre where he also chaired the Alumni association. Here he leads a host of industry captains, senior government officials and community leaders.
He is also a board member of the Uzima University Foundation Board and steers its Executive & Publicity Committee and its Legal & Liaison Committee.
Ronald has followed his roadmap to become a person deeply engaged in youth development with a sole aim of imputing values into young people that model them into leaders in touch with the 21st century problems. He recently in Kenya’s General Elections 2013 vied for the office of Deputy President alongside Hon. Peter Kenneth and helped re-engineer political campaigning in this country.
His core values are well embedded in a philosophy of focus, perseverance and excellence. His political philosophy is anchored in a belief that strong and accountable leadership does not necessarily emanate from years of sitting in political office but in being able to inspire a majority of the citizens to organize for the purpose of improving their lives. With this diverse experience, Ronald is very well equipped to help drive Kenya’s development agenda to the next level.
Personal life and education
Ronald was born on 18 August 1979 in Kibera to George Samwel Osumba and Joyce Ngesa Osumba. He has 3 siblings namely Harold Ojwang Osumba, Susan Asumo Osumba and Kenneth Olalo Osumba. Ronald started his primary education at the Mpoi Avenue Primary School but sat his Kenya Certificate of Primary Education at Olympic Primary School where he passed with good grades enough to see him off to Starehe Boys' Centre and School. He holds a degree in Business Management from Moi University, a diploma in Biblical Studies and is certified with the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants(ACCA). He is married to Vera Akinyi Osumba with 2 children, Haddasah Waganda Osumba and Eli James Osumba.[1]
Career and community work
Ronald is currently the Head of Public Sector at Oracle Corporation Kenya and is charged with steering the corporations IT business in Kenya. Since joining he has made significant governance changes that have allowed Oracle to deepen its engagement with the Kenyan public sector market.
Osumba has worked in senior management roles at the Cooperative Bank of Kenya, Impax Business Solutions and Health Data Systems.[1] Prior to his resignation to join politics, he was the senior sales manager for public sector at Safaricom.[2]
Osumba has a hosted Hatua, a TV show on human rights. He is the board chairman of Youth Enterprise and Sustainability Kenya and funding advisor of the United Nations Youth Association of Kenya. He has served as a member of the Starehe Boys Centre management committee and patron of the Gem Youth Network.[1]
Political career
Ronald was named as Peter Kenneth's running mate in the Eagle Alliance after Raphael Tuju stepped down in Mr Kenneth's favour and gave him a free hand to choose a running mate.[3] He has continued to do the political work he started through the Onward brand. Onward is a national movement of young leaders who want to make a positive contribution in nation building through policy and legislative advocacy, community engagement and capacity development mostly through specially designed training programs.
References
- 1 2 3 "Who is Ronald Osumba". The Standard. January 26, 2013. Retrieved 19 February 2013.
- ↑ "Kenneth Picks Ronald Osumba As Running Mate". Citizen News. 16 January 2013. Retrieved 19 February 2013.
- ↑ "Peter Kenneth to fly Eagle's presidential flag". Daily Nation. January 16, 2013. Retrieved 19 February 2013.
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