Mr. Umuro Wario was born in 1974, holds an MBA and a Bachelor of Commerce (Accounting) degrees from the University of Nairobi. He is a Certified Public Accountant and a practicing member of the Institute of Certified Public Accountants of Kenya.

Mr. Wario is an Auditor and Public Finance Management Specialist with over 25 years’ experience both in Private and Public sector providing technical assistance aimed at Government delivery systems strengthening and transformation, fiduciary risk management and mitigation, strengthening public financial management systems to maximize revenues and VfM spend, to achieve good track record on absorption, system transformation and sound fiduciary management.

He is a seasoned PFM specialist with deep practice knowledge and experience in basic education financing. He has worked as PFM Advisor on results based basic education systems strengthening and education outcomes programs in Kenya and Tanzania for many years. He believes resources must follow education outcomes.

He previously worked at PricewaterhouseCoopers in Kenya and served as the first Chief executive Officer, Youth Enterprise Development Fund.