John Michael Njenga Mututho

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John Michael Njenga Mututho (EBS) is a Kenyan politician and the immediate former Chairman of the National Authority for the Campaign against Alcohol and Drug Abuse (NACADA) Board and an Independent candidate for Governor, Nakuru County in the general elections of August 2017. He is a former Member of Parliament and previously belonged to the Kenya African National Union and was elected to represent the Naivasha Constituency in the National Assembly of Kenya in the 2007 Kenyan parliamentary election. [1]

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"The National Assembly’s committee of Administration and National Security has rejected the nomination of John Mututho to head the National Authority for the Campaign against Alcohol and Drug Abuse (Nacada)". [2]

Education

Mr. Mututho has a Diploma in Range Management from Egerton University, Kenya and a Bsc in Range Management and Agriculture from the University of Nairobi, Kenya. He also has a Post Graduate Diploma in Resource Economics and an Msc. in Environment Economics from La Trobe University, Australia.

Career

Before his service in Parliament, Mr. Mututho worked in the civil service for 11 years and was a coordinator of the International Agencies and Government of Kenya projects in Arid and Semi Arid Lands (ASAL) for 2 years. He designed a water harvesting systems implemented by FAO in Kenya and Ethiopia using shallow pit systems. He was also Chairman of Board of Governors Naivasha Girls Secondary School for 7 years and helped transform the school into a top performer. He founded Computers for Schools Kenya (CFSK) in 2002, an NGO through which more than 70,000 computers have been distributed to schools countrywide.

In 2005, John Mututho was charged for fraud relating to transactions between August and December 2001. [3] Mr Mututho is alleged to have obtained KES 41.5 million using fake Kenya Revenue Authority claiming that he was entitled to a tax refund channeled to the Kenyatta National Hospital which Mututho's company had supplied bedside lockers. Speaking out about the case, Mututho claimed that his legal troubles were politically motivated as the case was initiated while he was campaigning against the constitution during Kenya's 2005 referendum. [4] In July 2014, Mututho was cleared of the fraud charges due to lack of evidence. [5]

Career in parliament

John Mututho was elected Member of Parliament in the 2007 general elections and later won an election petition with a High Court decision declaring him the winner of the 2007 parliamentary elections for Naivasha Constituency. [6] In February 2014, a court ordered Mututho to deposit KES 6.4 million or have his property auctioned after he lost a case seeking the court to review the costs of his 2007 election petition. [7] As a Member of Parliament, John Mututho served as Chairman Departmental Committee on Agriculture, Lands and Natural Resources which was later renamed the Departmental Committee on Agriculture, Livestock and Cooperatives that then oversaw 6 Ministries. Mututho is also known for introducing the Alcohol Control Act which among other things limits the operation time of bars and others alcohols selling outlets to 5:00 PM till 11:00 PM on weekdays and 2:00 PM to 11:00 PM on weekends and legalizes consumption and sale of traditional alcoholic beverages. The Alcohol Control Act was enacted in 2010.

As Chairman of NACADA

President Uhuru Kenyatta appointed John Mututho as the Chairman of NACADA on 20 November 2013 after parliament approved his nomination. Soon after his appointment, John Mututho publicly contemplated controlling private gatherings in which alcohol was served during the Christmas Season. [8] The announcement received sharp reaction by the Kenyan public and Mututho was criticized for attempting to infringe on Kenyans' constitutional right to privacy. [9] In an interview on radio, Mututho claimed that his statement had been misinterpreted saying that he had proposed the licensing of alcohol distributors who made deliveries to homes or private parties and not the widely held claim that he wanted to license house parties themselves. [10]

In June 2014, Mututho was report as spearheading attempts by NACADA to lobby for the death penalty of persons convicted of causing death by selling illicit alcoholic brews. [11] On 25 June 2014, NACADA banned nineteen Hookah flavors found to contain banned substances. [12] The decision was announced to the media by John Mututho. In early July 2014, Mututho claimed that the Governor for Machakos County, Dr. Alfred Mutua, had failed to prevent the abuse of drugs and alcohol by minors in a recently held rugby tournament and further advised that the event be banned. [13] Mututho faced backlash from residents of the county terming the allegations as outrageous and far-fetched. [14] Social media responded to Mututho's allegations as his attempt at banning everything. [15] also he is the founder of nakuru county students caucus(ncsc) a caucus for students at higher institutions. [16]

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References

  1. ↑ Members Of The 10th Parliament Archived 2008-06-16 at the Wayback Machine . Parliament of Kenya. Accessed June 19, 2008.
  2. ↑ "Parliamentary committee rejects Mututho's nomination to Nacada over pending court cases". 24 Reports. Retrieved 23 March 2015.[ permanent dead link ]
  3. ↑ John Mututho to answer fraud case, Nation, April 17, 2014 (accessed 3 July 2014)
  4. ↑ Fraud case against me a conspiracy, Nacada boss John Mututho claims, Standard Digital News, June 11, 2014 (accessed 3 July 2014)
  5. ↑ Nacada boss cleared of fraud charges against Kenyatta National Hospital Archived 2014-11-29 at the Wayback Machine , The Star, 25 July 2014 (accessed 25 July 2014)
  6. ↑ High Court confirms Mututho as Naivasha MP, Standard Digital News, December 2, 2008 (accessed on July 3, 2014)
  7. ↑ Mututho ordered to part with Sh6.4mn by end of Thursday, Capital News, February 20, 2014 (accessed July 3, 2014)
  8. ↑ No house party with no permit - Mututho Archived 2014-07-14 at the Wayback Machine , The Star, 12 December 2014 (accessed 3 July 2014)
  9. ↑ Lawyers query Mututho orders on house parties, Nation, December 15, 2013 (accessed 3 July 2013)
  10. ↑ Mututho clarifies the party license rule, Capital News, December 18, 2013 (accessed 3 July 2014)
  11. ↑ Mututho seeks death penalty for killer brew peddlers, Capital News, June 25, 2014 (accessed 3 July 2014)
  12. ↑ NACADA Bans 19 Shisha Flavours, The Star, 25 June 2014 (Accessed 3 June 2014)
  13. ↑ Mututho wants the Masaku Sevens banned Archived 2014-07-15 at the Wayback Machine , The Star, 2 July 2014 (accessed 3 July 2014)
  14. ↑ Nacada boss faces blackash over claims, Standard Digital News, 2 June 2014 (accessed 3 June 2014)
  15. ↑ Kenyans react to John Mututho's Masaku Sevens Remark, Nation, 3 June 2014 (accessed 3 June 2014)
  16. ↑ kabiru muraya(2019)
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