Winnie Kaburu Kinyua is a Kenyan businesswoman who ran for Deputy President in the March 2013 Kenyan Presidential election as the running mate of James ole Kiyiapi, of the Restore and Build Kenya party.
[1] Winnie Kaburu ran for governor of Meru County in the 2017 elections as the candidate for Wiper Democratic Movement.
[2] She is a native of Meru County, Kenya, and holds a bachelor's degree in Political Science and a Masters in Gender and Development, both from the University of Nairobi.
[3] She currently owns businesses across multiple sectors and received a Head of State Commendation in 2003 from President Kibaki for her work in the Kenyan business community.
Kaburu Kinyua is a co-founder and the former Vice Chair of the Kenya Private Sector Alliance (KEPSA), as well as a co-founder of the Fair Trade Organisation.