Mutahi Kagwe
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Mutahi Kagwe Honourable, EGH | |
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Mukurweini | |
| In office 2002–2007 | |
| President | Mwai Kibaki |
| Preceded by | David Muhika Mutahi |
| Succeeded by | Kabando wa Kabando |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1958 (age 65–66) Kenya Colony |
| Political party | Jubilee Party |
| Spouse | Anne Wanjiku Mutahi |
| Children | 4, including Kagwe |
| Alma mater | University of Nairobi USIU |
| Awards | Elder of the Order of the Golden Heart (EGH) |
Mutahi Kagwe is a Kenyan politician.
He is the former cabinet secretary for Health in the Republic of Kenya. He assumed office on 28 February 2020 after the docket was handed over to him by the previous cabinet secretary for Health,
Education
Hon. Mutahi Kagwe was born in 1958 [3] and he attended his early education at Kihate Primary School from 1965 - 1971. He later joined Kagumo High School in 1972 - 1977 to pursue his O levels and A levels. Kagwe would later join the University of Nairobi from 1978 - 1981 where he graduated with a Bachelor of Commerce (Insurance) degree. He took further studies at the United States International University from 1988 - 1992 and graduated with an MBA.
Professional career
Before Kagwe got into politics he was in private business and had an independent publishing house as well as a public relations company. Between 1987 and 1989 he was working with the Standard Media Group's advertising department where he rose to the position of commercial director of the institution.[4]
Political career
Kagwe's political journey began in the year 2002 when he became the fifth member of parliament for Mukurweini Constituency[5] in Nyeri County on a National Rainbow Coalition (NARC) party ticket. As a member of parliament, he was the chair of the parliamentary committee on Finance, Trade, Tourism, and Planning.
In the year 2005, Kagwe was appointed to the cabinet as the minister of Information, Communication and Technology (ICT) by the late former President Mwai Kibaki.
Kagwe tried to retain his parliamentary seat during the
He assumed office as the senator of Nyeri county in March 2013.
In the 2017 Kenyan general elections, he pursued the Nyeri gubernatorial seat on a Jubilee party ticket,[6] which he lost. In 2019 he was appointed to the board of the Energy and Petroleum Regulatory Authority (EPRA).
References
- ^ "Kenya's Kibaki dissolves parliament in poll countdown". Reuters. 22 October 2007.
- ^ https://www.health.go.ke/cs-kagwe-takes-over-health-docket/
- ^ Nkosi, Joseph; MA (2021-01-19). "Mutahi Kagwe biography, age, profile, education wife & children - The Nation". Retrieved 2022-10-21.
- ^ "This man Mutahi Kagwe". 3 July 2020.
- ^ "Communication units for government ministries". Archived from the original on September 28, 2007. Retrieved March 29, 2007.
- ^ "Senator Mutahi Kagwe has launched his bid for Nyeri governorship". YouTube.
External links
Mutahi Kagwe on
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Speaker: Ekwee Ethuro - Deputy Speaker: Kembi Gitura - Majority Leader: Kindiki Kithure - Minority Leader: James Orengo | |
