ACADEMIC CREDENTIALS:

•  Master of Business Administration in Finance from the University of Nairobi (UoN).
•  Bachelor of Commerce in Accounting from the University of Nairobi (UoN).

PROFESSIONAL, WORK EXPERIENCE AND ACHIEVEMENTS:

Mrs Angeline Hongo is a Member of Intergovernmental Relations Technical Committee(IGRTC), and Chairperson of thematic area on Assets and Liabilities and Related Records

Mrs. Angeline Hongo is a career civil servant with over 30 years of working experience.

Mrs. Hongo started her career in the civil service as an Auditor in then Controller and Auditor General’s Office. She moved to the then Ministry of Cooperatives as a Principal Cooperative Auditor.

She has also worked in the defunct Ministry of Local Government as the Program Coordinator, Kenya Local Government Reform Program(KLGRP), that was charged with reforming the Local Government Sector. She also served as Secretary to Local Authorities Transfer Fund (LATF) Advisory Board.

With the advent of the devolved system of governance, Mrs. Hongo who was then in the Ministry of Local Government was appointed as Joint Secretary to the Task Force on Devolved System of Governance in Kenya, a task force that was charged with the mandate to develop implementation mechanisms for the devolved system of government in Kenya. She was later appointed as a member of the Inter-Ministerial Committee charged with implementing the Task Force report that developed the Devolution laws and implementation plan for devolution in Kenya.

As a highly self-motivated and enthusiastic leader, Mrs. Hongo was appointed as a Member and Vice-Chairperson of the Transition Authority, the body that spearheaded and midwifed the introduction and implementation of Devolution in Kenya.

She has also served as the Director, Intergovernmental Relations in the State Department of Devolution and was an alternate to the Principal Secretary State Department of Devolution in the Intergovernmental Relations Technical Committee (IGRTC). Mrs. Hongo also represented the Principal Secretary, State Department of Devolution in the Intergovernmental Budget and Economic Council (IBEC).

During her period in the public service, Mrs. Hongo served in a number of statutory boards including board members of Kenya Accountants and Secretaries National Examinations Board (KASNEB) and TANA Water Services Board, and TANATHI Water Services Board. Mrs Hongo is currently serving as a member of Board of Management in a number of schools. She is a member of Association for Public Policy Analysis and Management(APPAM).

In the year 2012, Mrs. Hongo was awarded the coveted Presidential Award of Moran of Burning Spear (MBS) due to her distinguished and exemplary service to the Nation in particular to Devolution.

Mrs. Hongo has also attended several courses and workshops internationally and locally in Public Administration, National and Sub-National Public Finance and Governance, among others.