Naomi Namsi Shaban is a Kenyan politician from the border town of Taveta. Born of pare descent, she became the first woman elected to represent the Taveta Constituency in Parliament in 2002 through a Kenya African National Union (KANU) ticket. She defended the seat in 2007 election through KANU and won. Later she joined the National Alliance Party (TNA) and was re-elected to represent Taveta Constituency in the National Assembly of Kenya in 2013. In 2017 she was re-elected for a record fourth term in a controversial manner as her main opponent Morris Mutiso cried foul play and sought for the results to be annulled on grounds of irregularities and illegalities.
In 2008 To 2010: she was appointed Minister of State for Special Programmes, Kenya; later in a cabinet reshuffle in August 2010, she became Minister for Gender and Children Affairs.
Although she has managed to keep her children's fathers and marriages a mystery, She is a mother to three.
She is the current Deputy Leader of Majority Party in the Parliament of Kenya, a member of the Parliamentary Committee on Appointments, House Business Committee and Health Committee. 2003 – 2007: Kenya Branch Representative – Commonwealth Parliamentary Association
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- Mureithi, Francis (August 17, 2010). "Kenya: Ruto Team Survives Reshuffle". AllAfrica Global Media. Retrieved August 19, 2010.
Dr Naomi Shaban switched places with Esther Murugi to take up the Gender and Children docket
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