Esther Murugi Mathenge

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Esther Murugi Mathenge is a Kenyan politician. She is a former Member of Parliament for Nyeri Town Constituency in the National Assembly of Kenya.

Political career

Murugi was a Minister of Special Programs under the Kibaki-Raila Coalition government. She first tried her shot in politics in 2002 Kenyan elections where she lost the National Alliance Rainbow Coalition (NARC) ticket to Peter Gichohi Muriithi. Then, she was elected under the Party of National Unity in the 2007 Kenyan parliamentary election. [1] Murugi then retained the seat in the 2013 elections under The National Alliance (TNA) party in the Uhuru and Ruto Jubilee era, becoming the first person to ever retain the Nyeri Town parliamentary seat in history. Murugi then lost the seat in the 2017 elections to Ngunjiri Wambugu. She's remembered as the second woman to win an election in the larger Nyeri County after Professor Wangari Maathai won the Tetu constituency parliamentary seat in 2002.

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References

  1. Members Of The 10th Parliament Archived June 16, 2008, at the Wayback Machine . Parliament of Kenya. Accessed June 19, 2008.