Margaret Kobia

**Margaret Kanyiri Kobia** (née Rukaria) ma'aikaciyar gwamnati ce 'yar ƙasar Kenya wacce Shugaba Uhuru Kenyatta ya naɗa a matsayin Sakatariyar Majalisar Ministoci kan Ayyukan Jama'a, Matasa, da Harkokin Jinsi, a ranar 26 ga watan Janairu, 2018.  Kafin matsayinta na yanzu, ta yi aiki a matsayin shugabar Hukumar Kula da Ayyukan Jama'a ta Kenya daga watan Disamba 2012 zuwa watan Janairu 2018. 

## Tarihi da ilimi
An haifi Kobia a gundumar Meru. Mahaifiyarta manomiya ce kuma uwar gida, mahaifinta kuma jami'in 'yan sanda ne. Ita ce 'yar fari a cikin iyali mai 'yan'uwa bakwai, 'yan'uwa mata biyar, da 'yan'uwa maza biyu. Kobia ta halarci *Makarantar Firamare ta Mairinya-A-Ruibi*. Daga nan ta yi karatu a Makarantar Sakandare ta 'Yan Mata ta Alliance, wacce ta shiga a shekarar 1972, don karatunta na O-Level da A-Level, inda ta kammala karatunta a shekarar 1977. 

A shekarar 1979, an shigar da ita Jami'ar Nairobi, inda ta kammala karatun digiri na farko (BEd). A shekarar 1990, an shigar da ita Jami'ar Kenyatta, inda ta sami digiri na biyu (MEd), wacce ta ƙware a fannin ilimin malamai, a shekarar 1991. Daga baya, a shekarar 2003, ta kammala karatun digiri na uku (PhD), a fannin Ilimin Albarkatun Ɗan Adam da Kasuwanci, daga Jami'ar Illinois da ke Urbana–Champaign, inda ta yi karatu a fannin tallafin karatu.  

## Aiki
Bayan kammala karatun digiri na farko, Kobia ta fara koyarwa a Makarantar Sakandare ta 'Yan Mata ta Ngara a shekarar 1981. Bayan shekaru shida a Ngara, ta shiga Majalisar Jarrabawar Ƙasa ta Kenya (KNEC) a matsayin jami'ar bincike da kuma mai haɓaka jarrabawa. 

A shekarar 1992, an naɗa Kobia a matsayin Babbar Malama a fannin Ilimi a Kwalejin Malaman Kimiyya ta Kenya. Sannan a shekarar 1996, ta koma Jami'ar Kenyatta a matsayin Mukaddashiyar Mataimakin Magatakarda kuma Daraktan Hukumar Kula da Jin Daɗin Ɗalibai. A shekarar 2002, an naɗa ta Mataimakiyar Sakatare a Hukumar Ilimi Mai Girma a wancan lokacin, wacce yanzu ita ce Hukumar Ilimi ta Jami'a. Daga nan ta koma koyarwa a Jami'ar Strathmore, a matsayin babbar malamar koyarwa a fannin gudanarwa, kasuwanci da hanyoyin bincike. 

A shekara ta 2005, an naɗa Kobia darakta, Cibiyar Gudanarwa ta Kenya, (KIA), wacce yanzu ita ce Makarantar Gwamnati ta Kenya, tana aiki a wannan matsayin har zuwa shekara ta 2012, lokacin da aka naɗa ta shugabar Hukumar Kula da Ayyukan Jama'a ta Kenya, mace ta farko 'yar Kenya, da ta yi aiki a wannan matsayin.  

## Iyali
Kobia uwa ce mai aure da 'ya'ya uku, ɗa ɗaya da 'ya'ya mata biyu. 

## Wasu abubuwan da za a yi la'akari da su
Kobia ta sami kyaututtuka da dama, ciki har da "Order of Grand Warrior" (OGW), Order of "Chief of Burning Spear" (CBS), Elder of Golden Heart (EGH) da kuma "Commonwealth Gordon Draper Award". An zaɓe ta a matsayin Mataimakiyar Shugaba kuma memba na kwamitin gudanarwa na Ƙungiyar Gudanarwa da Gudanarwa ta Commonwealth (CAPAM), a watan Oktoba a shekarar 2014. Kwalejin Ilimi, Jami'ar Illinois ta ba ta lambar yabo ta tsofaffin ɗalibai ta 2019. Ita ce Chancellor, Jami'ar St Paul, Kenya tun daga shekarar 2018. Ita ma'aikaciya ce a Cibiyar Gudanarwa ta Kenya da kuma Cibiyar Sakatarorin Jama'a ta Certified Public Secretaries ta Kenya. 

## Duba kuma

* Amina Muhammad
* Raychelle Omamo
* Judy Wakhungu

## Manazarta