Dennitah Ghati
Nominated Member of Parliament
Assumed office
8 August 2017
Woman Representative for Migori
In office
4 March 2013  8 August 2017
Majority132,852 (51.4%)
Personal details
Born1980
NationalityKenyan
Political partyOrange Democratic Movement

Dennitah Ghati is a Kenyan politician who is a nominated member of the Kenya National Assembly, representing people with disabilities. She is a member of the Orange Democratic Movement.[1]

Early life

Dennitah Ghati was born in 1980 in a rural village in Migori and attended Kenya Institute of Mass Communication in Nairobi and Kenyatta University before working as a journalist at The East African Standard Newspaper.[2]

Ghati obtained a scholarship to Columbia University in the USA where she obtained a Master's degree and worked in New York for the American Jewish World Service. She subsequently worked for the League of Kenyan Women Voters and as a program manager for UNICEF Somalia.[1]

Political career

Ghati was elected to the National Assembly at the 2013 general election as the woman representative for Migori county with a majority of 51%, representing the Orange Democratic Movement.[3] Following the election the Peoples' Democratic Party candidate Fatuma Zainabu Mohammed challenged the election result in court, alleging intimidation, vote buying and bribery. The case was dismissed confirming Ghati's election.[4]

In 2014 she was involved in a road traffic accident in which she suffered a broken spine, leaving her permanently disabled. She now uses a wheelchair.[5]

In 2017 Ghati was nominated by the ODM to serve in one of the appointed seats in the national assembly as one of 12 members nominated by the political parties.[6] These 12 un-elected seats were introduced by the Constitution of Kenya in 2010 to represent the special interests of youth, persons with disabilities and workers.[7] Ghati is a representative of people with disabilities.[2]

Election results

General election 2013: Migori[8]
Party Candidate Votes %
ODM Dennitah Ghati 193,324 74.7
Peoples Democratic Party Fatuma Zainab Mohammed 60,472 23.4
National Alliance Elsheba Akinyi Ayoma 4,857 1.9
Majority 132,852 51.4
Turnout

References

  1. 1 2 "Dennitah Ghati". Kenya Parliament. Retrieved 5 August 2020.
  2. 1 2 "I was on top of the world then disability struck: MP Dennitah Ghatis's story". KSN Media. 18 May 2020. Retrieved 6 August 2020.
  3. Data Report of 2017 Elections (PDF). Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission.
  4. "Court upholds Dennitah Ghati's election". Daily Nation. 8 October 2013. Retrieved 4 August 2020.
  5. "If I could walk again: Former Migori County Women Representative Dennitah Ghati speaks out on the accident that left her crippled". Standard Media. Retrieved 6 August 2020.
  6. "MPs". Kenya Parliamant. Retrieved 7 August 2020.
  7. Shiundu, Alphonce (31 August 2017). "FACTSHEET: Kenya's new parliament by numbers". Africa Check. Retrieved 10 September 2020.
  8. Data Report of 2013 Elections (PDF). Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission. 30 March 2013. Retrieved 7 September 2020.
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