Margaret Wanjiru

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Margaret Wanjiru [1] is a Kenyan politician and a Bishop at Jesus is Alive Ministries (JIAM).

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Career and Political life

She is also popularly known as 'Mama Na Kazi'. She belongs to Jubilee Party after leaving ODM party [2] and was elected to represent the Starehe Constituency in the National Assembly of Kenya since the 2007 Kenyan parliamentary election. [3] In 2010-2013 she was appointed into the cabinet as an Assistantant Minister for Housing. [4]

She risked losing her parliamentary seat after a vote recount carried out in 2010 indicated that her opponent Maina Kamanda (PNU) won the election with a clear margin. [5] As a result, a by-election was held on September 20, 2010, but Wanjiru retained the seat beating Kamanda. [6]

Personal life

She has 3 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 pandemic on May 21, 2020, that put her in ICU at Nairobi Hospital.

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References

  1. ↑ "Bishop Margaret Wanjiru | Jesus Is Alive Ministries". jiam.org. Retrieved 2017-10-24.
  2. ↑ Wainaina, Eric (2014-10-10). "I quit ODM long time ago". Daily Nation. Retrieved 2014-10-10.
  3. ↑ Members Of The 10th Parliament Archived 2008-07-01 at the Wayback Machine . Parliament of Kenya. Accessed June 19, 2008.
  4. ↑ "Margaret Wanjiru Kariuki". Mzalendo. Retrieved 2021-05-18.
  5. ↑ Daily Nation, April 16, 2010: Declare me MP, says Kamanda
  6. ↑ Daily Nation, September 20, 2010: PNU trounced in Juja as ODM wins Starehe
  7. ↑ "Steven Kariuki". Mzalendo. Retrieved 2017-10-24.
  8. ↑ "Pastor Evans & Ashley Kariuki | Jesus Is Alive Ministries". jiam.org. Retrieved 2017-10-24.
  9. ↑ "Bishop Wanjiru attends daughter's wedding in US - PHOTOS - Nairobi News". Nairobi News. 2017-05-24. Retrieved 2017-10-24.
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