Ann N. Nderitu, CBS

Ann Nderitu is the Registrar of Political Parties in Kenya. She is also the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) and the Accounting Officer of the Office of the Registrar of Political Parties (ORPP). The Registrar is responsible for strategic and visionary leadership for effective implementation of ORPP’s mandate of registration, regulation of political parties and Administration of Political Parties Fund. Since 2018 at which she assumed ORPP apex leadership, she has been instrumental in streamlining registration and compliance of political parties; forging strategic partnerships and collaborations; reengineering internal processes including customer service delivery models, digitalization of all critical services and spearheaded establishment of innovative and creative human capital.

Ms. Nderitu is a seasoned public service professional with specialization in Public Administration; Elections Management and Governance spanning over 24 years. Further, she is an accredited BRIDGE Facilitator which has made her excel in election and governance training locally, regionally and internationally. She holds a Bachelor of Education (English/Literature), Master’s Degree in Linguistics, Diploma in Public Administration and an honorary Doctorate in Corporate Governance among other certifications . Currently she is a PHD student in Organizational Leadership.

 As a transformational servant leader, Ann has spearheaded institutional reforms such legal reforms, ICT, business re-engineering, policy reforms. Ms. Nderitu has also served in National taskforces among them taskforces on education system reforms, electoral legal reforms, boundaries de-limitation, political parties nomination framework, two-thirds Gender Principle Taskforce. The reports of the taskforces culminated in parliamentary bills, legal and policy reforms.

Ms Nderitu’s contribution in leadership and promotion of good governance has been recognized through three Presidential Awards – Moran of Burning Spear (MBS), Chief of the Order of the Burning Spear (CBS) and Trail Blazer Award for Women Leadership and Inclusion. She has also steered ORPP in bagging major awards on  prudent Public Finance Management and Reporting (FiRe Awards) for five years in a row.   ORPP has also won National Diversity & Inclusion Awards & Recognition (DIAR) for three consecutive years.

Ann is a firm believer that responsiveness, effective communication, justice and fairness are the bedrock of good corporate governance which result to timely service delivery.

Besides being a corporate leader, she is also very passionate on youth, women and Persons with Disabilities empowerment. She has successfully steered empowerment and mentorship programmes across the country, with many young people and aspiring women leaders having been molded through her impactful initiatives.

CHRP. Ali Abdullahi Surraw, MKIM

Mr. Ali Surraw is presently the Assistant Registrar in charge of Regulation, Compliance and Capacity Building of Political Parties Directorate. He is responsible for giving policy direction as well as providing strategic leadership and supervising the technical functions of the directorate for effective implementation of the office mandate.

Mr. Ali is a public policy and governance expert. He has offered consultancy services to both county and national government agencies in the areas of policy development, public participation, public finance, strategy development and ethical leadership. He holds a Masters degree in Public Administration with a specialization in public policy analysis. He has also undertaken courses in public finance, strategic management and organizational development. Mr. Ali is a member of good standing with the Institute of Human Resource Management of Kenya(IHRM), The Kenya Institute of Management (KIM) and Institute of County Managers’ Association-America (ICMA).

He previously worked as a manager with National Social Security Fund and later with Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission as an Elections Coordinator. Thereafter, he worked as a County Executive Committee Member for Finance and Economic Planning in Isiolo County Government. Mr Ali also served as the Executive Director for Devolution Research and Policy Centre, an organization that is involved in improving public policy making for realization of national development goals by developing capacities in public policy research as well as providing advisory and technical services on public policy issues.

His focus is on improving the credibility, effectiveness and delivery capacity of political parties. He is committed in guiding political parties to improve their internal operations so as to build public trust in them as a vehicle for representation and governance. Only by having the capacity to look ahead and anticipate developments can political parties prepare themselves adequately for new societal demands and democratic changes. In order for parties to be successful in a constantly changing political environment, focus, determination and adaptive institutional capacity are required.

CPA Florence Birya

CPA Florence Birya is a qualified Accountant and a Management professional with vast experience in various functional and policy areas in the public sector. She holds a Master in Business Administration Finance Major and Bachelor’s Degree Finance Major from the University of Nairobi. She is a Certified Public Accountant of Kenya – CPA (K), a member of the Institute of Certified Public Accountants Kenya (ICPAK) and is currently the ICPAK Coast Branch Chairperson and a member of the Devolution Committee of the ICPAK Council.

CPA Birya has held various senior management positions in the Kenya Public Sector including Finance & Administration Director, County Director of Treasury, Finance Manager, Grants Manager and Senior Accountant among others. She is an abridged trained trainer and passionately participates a lot in civic education, women empowerment, youth mentorship and church ministry. She has attained numerous outstanding achievements both in employment, professional appointments and community probona services.