Margaret Wanjiru
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Margaret Wanjiru[1] is a Kenyan politician and a Bishop at Jesus is Alive Ministries (JIAM).
Career and Political life
She is also popularly known as 'Mama Na Kazi'. She belongs to the Jubilee Party after leaving the ODM party[2] and was elected to represent the Starehe Constituency in the National Assembly of Kenya in the 2007 Kenyan parliamentary election.[3] In 2010-2013, she was appointed into the cabinet as an Assistant Minister for Housing.[4]
She risked losing her parliamentary seat after a 2010 vote recount indicated that her opponent, Maina Kamanda (PNU), had won the election by a clear margin.[5] As a result, a by-election was held on September 20, 2010, in which Wanjiru retained the seat, defeating Kamanda.[6]
Personal life
She has three children: Stephen Kariuki[7] (a politician who has served as a Kenyan member of parliament representing Mathare constituency ), Evans Kariuki,[8] and Purity Kariuki.[9] She was diagnosed with COVID-19 on May 21, 2020, which led to her admission to the ICU at Nairobi Hospital.
References
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- ↑ Daily Nation, April 16, 2010: Declare me MP, says Kamanda
- ↑ Daily Nation, September 20, 2010: PNU trounced in Juja as ODM wins Starehe
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