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Hon. Samuel Atandi is a distinguished legislator representing Alego Usonga Constituency in Siaya County, Kenya. His career is characterized by a commitment to sustainable development, equitable resource allocation, and support for marginalized communities. 

With strong ties to his constituency, Hon. Atandi remains focused on addressing the needs and aspirations of the local population. He earned a Bachelor of Arts from Egerton University, equipping him with a comprehensive background in leadership and policy analysis. Prior to his political career, he accumulated over 15 years of experience in the banking industry, culminating as Director of Transactional and Institutional Banking at the National Bank of Kenya, where he developed substantial proficiency in financial management and institutional operations. 

In Parliament, Hon. Atandi has previously served as a member of the Finance & National Planning Committee and Budget & Appropriations Committee. He is the current Chairperson of the Budget & Appropriations Committee in the National Assembly, overseeing budgetary accountability and advocating for Public Financial Management reforms. His leadership includes promoting fiscal discipline, transparency, results-based budgeting, and improved oversight of public debt and fiscal risks. He remains committed to enhancing the capacity of parliamentary budget analysis and strengthening the autonomy of oversight institutions, ensuring that public resources are managed efficiently. Furthermore, he seeks to build confidence by aligning Kenya’s fiscal policies with overarching goals of sustainable and inclusive development.

Hon. Samuel Atandi is a distinguished legislator representing Alego Usonga Constituency in Siaya County, Kenya. His career is characterized by a commitment to sustainable development, equitable resource allocation, and support for marginalized communities. 

With strong ties to his constituency, Hon. Atandi remains focused on addressing the needs and aspirations of the local population. He earned a Bachelor of Arts from Egerton University, equipping him with a comprehensive background in leadership and policy analysis. Prior to his political career, he accumulated over 15 years of experience in the banking industry, culminating as Director of Transactional and Institutional Banking at the National Bank of Kenya, where he developed substantial proficiency in financial management and institutional operations. 

In Parliament, Hon. Atandi has previously served as a member of the Finance & National Planning Committee and Budget & Appropriations Committee. He is the current Chairperson of the Budget & Appropriations Committee in the National Assembly, overseeing budgetary accountability and advocating for Public Financial Management reforms. His leadership includes promoting fiscal discipline, transparency, results-based budgeting, and improved oversight of public debt and fiscal risks. He remains committed to enhancing the capacity of parliamentary budget analysis and strengthening the autonomy of oversight institutions, ensuring that public resources are managed efficiently. Furthermore, he seeks to build confidence by aligning Kenya’s fiscal policies with overarching goals of sustainable and inclusive development.

Patience Oniha is currently the Director-General of the Debt Management Office (DMO) Nigeria, a position she assumed in July 2017. 

Prior to her career move from the private to the public sector in 2008, she was an accomplished banker with over two (2) decades of experience in reputable banks including Ecobank and Standard Chartered Bank. During this period she occupied top management positions and acquired skills in Treasury, Credit and Investment Banking.  

Between 2008 and 2015 when she served as the pioneer Director of the Market Development Department, she initiated and anchored a number of initiatives which have transformed Nigeria’s fixed income securities market, making it one of the top three (3) markets in Africa. These initiatives which include the introduction of Benchmark Federal Government of Nigeria (FGN) Bonds; transparency in market operations and a sovereign yield curve extending to thirty (30) years resulted in the inclusion of five (5) FGN Bonds in the J.P. Morgan Government Bond Index – Emerging Markets (Local Currency) in 2012. Since then, under her leadership as Director-General, the DMO has introduced a Sovereign Sukuk and Green Bond into the Domestic Market.