[3] Immediately prior to her current assignment, she was a director at the Kenya National Bureau of Statistics (KNBS).
[4] She holds a Doctor of Business Administration (DrBA) degree, obtained from the University of Liverpool, in the United Kingdom.
[1][2] She was selected as the best candidate out of a field of fifteen applicants, including the acting Controller of Budget, Stephen Masha.
She was interviewed by the Parliamentary Committee on Finance and National Planning and forwarded to President Uhuru Kenyatta for approval.
[1][2] She replaces Agnes Odhiambo, the first Controller of Budget, whose eight-year non-renewable term came to an end on 27 August 2019.