Farida Karoney is a Kenyan who was nominated by President Uhuru Kenyatta as Cabinet Secretary for Lands, on 26 January 2018.
[2] Farida Karoney attended Kenyatta University, from 1989 until 1992, graduating with a Bachelor of Science Education degree in Botany and Zoology.
[3] She enrolled in the MBA degree course at UoN in 2005, graduating in 2008 with a Master of Business Administration, specializing in Strategy.
[3] In 2007 she went back to Standard Media Group and worked as the Head of Editorial at their flagship TV station, KTN, for about one year.
For five consecutive years, beginning in February 2009, Farida Karoney served as the Group Editorial Director at Royal Media Services, until 2014.