User talk:OMAR AHMED JAMBO

HON.ENG.OMAR AHMED JAMBO Born Taita Taveta and raised in Voi town, Omar Ahmed Jambo known by many of his supporters as a down to earth person , honest , generous , ambitious and religiously respectful. Hon.Omar Ahmed Jambo, “Mweshimiwa Omari” as known by many.. Grew under extended family roof rooted by his grandfather Haji Mohamed who happened to be one of the first investors of ranchers in Voi town. Haji was a pioneer rancher in Taita Taveta.

EARLY LIFE Hon. Omar Ahmed Jambo schooled at Mwakingali Primary School then proceeded with his secondary education at Kenyatta High School and finally joined the Technical University of Mombasa (TUM) where his diploma in electrical engineering was honored. Mr.Omar is currently pursuing further studies with KCA Uiversity. In the year 2004 Omar founded an organization called Voi Youth Forum which started from humble beginning and was basically based on tackling issues on youth and women. Omari co-worked with organization such as USAID,WORLD VISION,US HABITAT  and DIGITAL OPPORTUNITY TRUST  which run programs  all over the whole county. In 2004 to 2013 Omar sat in various committies such as; Voi District Education Board (D.E.B), Environmental committee and later joined membership at Voi Constituency Development Fund (C.D.F) in 2007. 2007-2012 he chaired the Constituency Aids Control Committee (C.A.C.C).

POLITICAL BACKGROUND Omar joined politics in the year 2012 as he campaigned for sit under the Orange Democratic Movement (O.D.M) during the 2012 general elections.He eventually won and was elected as a Member of the County Assembly (M.C.A) Kaloleni Word. He is currently chosen as vice chair of Accountability Kenya which is an umbrella body for all 47 public accounts committee of all county assembly and national Assembly of Kenya. On now and his future political career Omari aims to come up with strategies of improving the livelihood of the people through :- 1.	Expansion of services including:-Health care, Water, and Sanitation, Education, Youth and Women Empowerment

2.	To create and market Voi town as a county business hub and strategic investment destination for East Africa.Omari sees Voi as one of the fastest growing investment hub in terms of –Tourism, Mining, Manufacture and Information technology (I.T)