Margaret Kanyiri Kobia (nee Rukaria) is a Kenyan who was nominated by President Uhuru Kenyatta as Cabinet Secretary for the Public Service, Youth, and Gender Affairs, on 26 January 2018.
[1] Prior to her current position, she served as the chairperson of the Kenya Public Service Commission from December 2012 until January 2018.
Later, in 2003, she graduated with a Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) degree, in Human Resource Education and Entrepreneurship, from the University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign, where she studied on scholarship.
After six years at Ngara, she joined the Kenya National Examinations Council (KNEC) as a research officer and test developer.
She was elected as the Vice President and board member of the Commonwealth Association of Public Administration and Management (CAPAM), in October 2014.