The National Executive Secretary – Kenya Conference Catholic Bishops (KCCB ) - Catholic Justice and Peace Commission, now a Department (whose mandate is to promote peace and enhance good governance) and has been in the commission for close to 22 years at various levels. She has been responsible for programmes design, planning and implementation at the national level while coordinating and facilitating the implementation of the same. She has been involved in Kenya’s general election planning and observation and is one of the pioneers and a member of the technical working group for the Dialogue Reference Group on peace and governance which led to the settlement of conflict and stalemate over Independent Electoral and Boundaries towards the 2017 Kenya’s General Elections. She was a Steering Committee member of the then Kenya Integrated Civic Education Programme (KNICE) under the then Ministry of Justice and Constitutional Affairs, a Steering Committee member of Elections Observation Group, and chair of the Group’s Finance, Fundraising, and Procurement sub-committee. A Board member of the National Taxpayers Association and a member of its Finance Sub-committee. Ms. Odera holds a MA in Project Planning and Management and a BA in Political Science and Sociology, (both from the University of Nairobi), a Diploma in Project Planning and Management (from Klausenholf – Germany), and a Diploma in Human Resource Management from the Kenya Institute of Management. She also holds a certificate in Corporate Governance from the Federation of Kenya Employers jointly with Oslo and Akershus University College of Applied Sciences