Eugene Ludovic Wamalwa | |
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Cabinet Secretary for Defense | |
In office 29 September 2021 –27 October 2022 | |
Preceded by | Monica Juma |
Succeeded by | Aden Duale |
Cabinet Secretary for Water and Irrigation | |
In office 9 July 2015 –26 January 2018 | |
President | Uhuru Kenyatta |
Preceded by | Mwangi Festus Kiunjuri |
Minister of Justice,National Cohesion and Constitutional Affairs | |
In office May 2011 –April 2013 | |
Preceded by | Mutula Kilonzo |
Member of Parliament for Saboti | |
In office January 2007 –January 2013 | |
Preceded by | Davis Wafula Nakitare |
Succeeded by | David Lazaro Wafula |
Personal details | |
Born | Saboti,Trans Nzoia County. | 1 April 1969
Nationality | Kenyan |
Political party | DAP–K |
Spouse | Lucy Musundi |
Relations | Michael Wamalwa (Brother) [1] |
Children | 1 |
Alma mater | University of Nairobi |
Eugene Ludovic Wamalwa is a Kenyan politician who was the former Cabinet Secretary of the Ministry of Defense. [2] [3] Prior to that before 29 September 2021,he was Cabinet Secretary of Devolution. He is also a former minister for Justice. He also served as Minister for Water and Irrigation. He belongs to the Azimio la Umoja - One Kenya Coalition Party,and was elected to represent the Saboti Constituency in the National Assembly of Kenya during the 2007 Kenyan parliamentary election,and served for one term of five years. [4]
Born on 1 April 1969,in Saboti at the foot of Mount Elgon,Eugene Wamalwa took his A levels at Gendia High School in Homa Bay. After the successful completion of his secondary education,he joined the University of Nairobi,where he undertook a Bachelor's degree in Law and thereafter obtained a Diploma at the Kabarak University.[ citation needed ]
Eugene was admitted to the bar in 1995 and thereafter joined the private legal practice. One of his highlights as a practicing lawyer was representing President Yoweri Museveni in 2001 Uganda presidential election petition against opposition leader Kizza Besigye. [5]
The death of his brother and vice president Michael Wamalwa Kijana in 2003 vacated the Saboti MP seat. In the following by-elections,Eugene Wamalwa vied for the seat under little known Republican Party of Kenya (RPK). The by-election was won by Davies Wafula Nakitare of NARC. [6]
He again contested the Saboti parliamentary seat on a Ford –Kenya ticket under the PNU umbrella in 2007 and won. He showed interest as a candidate in the 2013 presidential elections but later decided to support Musalia Mudavadi under the AMANI Coalition. [7]
On 17 April 2015,Eugene Wamalwa was nominated as the Cabinet Secretary for Water and Irrigation Services. [8]
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