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Hon. Consolata KatuaWomen Representative · Makueni 2027

Her story

Makueni raised me.

A life shaped here: a childhood in Makueni, schooling, work, and a later choice to represent the people and community she had always been part of.

Hon. Consolata Katua, candidate for Women Representative, Makueni County

What I bring

Experience built through service, advocacy and a personal fight for justice.

20+ years of service

Education, administration and labour advocacy.

16 years at KUPPET

Experience in employment rights, welfare, labour relations and stakeholder engagement.

A track record of advocacy

I have spent years standing up for the rights and welfare of others.

A personal experience of justice

When my own rights were challenged, I fought for them through the courts and won.

Education & continuous learning

Bachelor's Degree in Business Administration with IT — Maseno University. Currently pursuing a Bachelor's Degree in Law (LLB) — Daystar University.

Private sector leadership

She is a director at Qimuro Techlab, a company that designs and develops technology solutions, at Executive Skills Hub, a platform that gives workers psychological support as they navigate workplace challenges, and at Rahnar Travel Agency.

Family and faith

Raised by teachers, grounded in faith

She is the daughter of teachers who served in various schools across Makueni.

Her father was also a catechist in the Catholic church who together with others pioneered the establishment of several outsations in Makueni, and it was in that home that she first learned the Christian values that continue to guide her.

Her journey

Her Journey of Service, Advocacy and Social Justice

Her public service began with two years as an untrained teacher in one school, followed by three years as an office administrator in another, before she left to pursue further education.

During this period, she developed a strong desire to work in an educational institution. In her search for better employment opportunities, she secured a position at KUPPET headquarters in 2009 through a highly competitive interview process, where she would go on to serve for 16 years.

KUPPET

Sixteen years advocating for teachers

She served there for 16 years, with a major focus on advocating for fair labour practices, employment rights and the welfare of teachers.

Her work included accompanying the Secretary General to negotiation tables with the Teachers Service Commission (TSC), where Collective Bargaining Agreements (CBAs) that improved teachers' salaries and welfare were formulated.

She also addressed employment disputes between teachers and their employer, handled dismissal cases, pursued compensation where necessary, assisted teachers with transfers, facilitated the registration of newly graduated teachers with the TSC, undertook administrative work within union organs, coordinated between the union and its county branches, and engaged with various stakeholders.

Women gathered at a community distribution event in rural Makueni

The court battle

When the advocate needed an advocate

After more than a decade of advocating for the rights and welfare of others, an unexpected turn of events in her long-serving career at KUPPET eventually saw her face the very issues she had spent years advocating against.

She resigned from employment in 2025 and filed a claim before the Employment and Labour Relations Court, where she fought for her own rights and won the case. KUPPET was ordered by the Court to compensate her for constructive dismissal and the costs of the suit.

Her court victory was featured in major newspapers and on television stations, where she affirmed her continued commitment to fighting for the rights of employees.

Giving back

Building platforms for workers who have nowhere else to turn

She has since founded Executive Skills Hub, a platform that gives workers who have experienced workplace abuse and unfair termination psychological support to navigate their challenges and rebuild their lives.

She also established the Kenya Union of Professional Secretaries and Executive Assistants, which, once fully registered, will advocate for the rights of secretaries, executive assistants and administrative professionals in Kenya.

Consolata Katua standing outside the School of Law

The turn to politics

Why her own county could no longer wait

In her quest to fight for the oppressed, she came to the realization that her own Makueni community has lagged behind in development, partly due to the challenges her people face each day. These include lack of access to social justice, youth unemployment, drug and substance abuse, inadequate women empowerment programmes, lack of capacity-building programmes, rural-to-urban migration in search of greener pastures, and lack of skills development programmes.

This realization has led her into active politics, where she is offering herself to be elected as the Women Representative for Makueni County.

She seeks to use this platform to help address the needs of underserved men, women, youth, children and persons with disabilities, and to confront these challenges and more in Makueni, her home county.

Education

Building the credentials to match the fight

She holds a Bachelor's Degree in Business Administration with IT from Maseno University and is currently pursuing a Bachelor's Degree in Law (LLB) at Daystar University.

In her words

Why I am stepping forward

I have lived in this county long enough to know the difference between what people are promised and what they actually experience.

I have seen people find their way around problems that should have been dealt with much earlier. I have also seen how much people can do for one another when they have very little themselves.

That has shaped how I see leadership. I do not think people need someone who simply tells them what they want to hear. They need someone who will listen, follow through, ask questions when something does not make sense, and speak up when it matters.

I am not coming with the promise that I will fix everything. I am coming with the willingness to do the work, to be answerable for what I do, and to let people see it for themselves.

That is the kind of representation I am offering.