Kinuthia Mbugua
Governor
In office
2013 – August 2017
PresidentUhuru Kenyatta
Vice PresidentWilliam Ruto
DeputyJoseph Ruto
Succeeded byLee Kinyanjui
Personal details
BornKiambu, Kiambu County, Kenya
Political party

Kinuthia Mbugua is the first and immediate former governor of Nakuru County in Kenya. Nakuru Governor Kinuthia Mbugua was trounced by his close rival Lee Kinyanjui in a hotly contested nomination. Kinyanjui was declared winner with 223,583 votes against Mbugua's 139,784 with 10 out of 11 constituencies tallied. He has had an illustrious career in the Civil Service in 1978 as a District Officer and served extensively throughout the country rising to become a District Commissioner in Nakuru.[1][2]

Political career

Mbugua has been dealing with ongoing doctor strikes,[3] a youth spark plan,[4] opening Nakuru's 1st Afro-Asia Expo at WestSide Mall[5] and more of other contributions to his county government. His first political job was to be a District Officer and a District Commissioner at Central and Rift Valley Provinces. Some of his contributions have brought on his attacks; like the toilet controversy.[6] Kenyans on social media felt the project was a bad idea since it cost the county almost Sh9Million ($86,621) - taxpayer money!

On December 5, 2016, the country's health sector was not ground breaking enough, where he declared a state of emergency.[7] According to the Kenyan Television Network, Mbugua said the situation was dire since doctors & nurses went on strike.

References

  1. ↑ "Gov Kinuthia Mbugua (@GovKinuthiaM) | Twitter". twitter.com. Retrieved 2017-01-22.
  2. ↑ "County Government of Nakuru". County Government of Nakuru. Retrieved 2017-01-22.
  3. ↑ "Nairobi striking doctors tear-gassed as patients 'walk out'". BBC News. 2016-12-05. Retrieved 2017-01-22.
  4. ↑ "Microsoft YouthSpark Live -Afraha Stadium". www.facebook.com. Retrieved 2017-01-22.
  5. ↑ "Afro-Asia International Expo 2016 at Westside Mall | What's On | KenyaBuzz". www.kenyabuzz.com. Retrieved 2017-01-22.
  6. ↑ Ndungu, Tonny. "Governor launches toilets built at a cost of 8.9Million". Tuko.co.ke - Kenya news. Retrieved 2017-01-22.
  7. ↑ Kahenda, Mercy. "Governor Kinuthia Mbugua declares state of emergency in health sector in Nakuru". The Standard. Retrieved 2017-01-22.


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