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Tabitha Karanja
Senator for Nakuru County & CEO of Keroche Breweries
Nakuru
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business
entrepreneurship
United Democratic Alliance (UDA)
Biography
Tabitha Karanja is a Kenyan businesswoman and politician, founder and CEO of Keroche Breweries. She has served as Senator for Nakuru County since 2022. Keroche is Kenya’s first large brewery owned by a local company and commands about 20% of the beer market.
Key Achievements
Broke into a market dominated by multinationals, building Keroche into a top brewer.
In 2010 she received a national award (Moran of the Burning Spear) for her entrepreneurship.
Notable Controversies
In 2019 she and her husband faced a High Court order to pay KSh 14.5 billion in alleged unpaid taxes.
They denied these charges as malicious harassment.
Quick Facts
Categorybusiness
Positionentrepreneurship
PartyUnited Democratic Alliance (UDA)
Education
Degree in Business Administration from the University of Nairobi.