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Cornel Rasanga Amoth is a Kenya Politician. He is a member of Orange Democratic Movement and was elected as the 1st Governor of Siaya County. Early Life Rasanga was born on 22nd May 1957 to Amoth Owira and Yunia Nudia in Segere Village, Alego in Siaya County. He attended Segere Primary School between 1963 and 1970 and later proceeded to Maranda High School for his O-Level Secondary Education between 1970 and 1974. He proceeded to Kisii High School for his A- level Secondary Education where he completed in 1977. Rasanga later joined University of Nairobi in 1979 and graduated with a Bachelor of Arts in Economics degree in 1981.

Career

In 1982, Rasanga joined the public service in Ministry of Agriculture as a supplies officer in-charge of national Agricultural laboratories. To advance his knowledge in Procurement, joined Kenya Institute of Administration( KIA) where he attained a Diploma in Supplies Management in 1985. Rasanga proceeded on to work as a Supplies officer in different districts and was promoted to Senior Procurement officer incharge of Procurement and materials management. In 2000, Rasanga went back to University to pursue a Law degree and graduated in 2003 from University of Nairobi with a Bachelor of Law(LLB). He was admitted as an advocate of the High Court in 2005.

Rasanga has gained over 28 years of experience working in Public Service. He is an expert advisor in matters of public procurement. Under his direction, many organizations both in public and private sector have benefitted in legal interpretation on public procurement, restructuring and streamlining procurement management and. He is reputed for carrying out various reforms in the public procurement particularly giving talks and seminars on public procurement regulations and administration to both the public sector and the private sector audiences.

Rasanga’s current strengths lie in public procurement management, legal advice on procurement, public/private sector consulting and institutional reforms. He is held in high regard on Institutional governance and Ethics

Political Career Rasanga entered the political arena in 2013, when he vied for Governor for Siaya County. He won the March 4TH general election but his election was nullified by the Court of Appeal in Kisumu on August 23rd. Rasanga clinched the Governor title in a subsequent by-election and became the first governor- elect of Siaya County

Personal Life Rasanga is a born again Christian and is married to Rosella Njaya and together they have 5 children. He is very passionate about education and has in numerous occasions sponsored disadvantaged children to complete their education.