Margaret Wanjiru
Margaret Wanjiru[1]is a Kenyan politician and a Bishop at Jesus is Alive Ministries (JIAM).
Career and Political life
[edit]She is also popularly known as 'Mama Na Kazi'. She belongs toJubilee Partyafter leavingODM party[2]and was elected to represent theStarehe Constituencyin theNational Assembly of Kenyasince the2007 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 opponentMaina 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
[edit]She has 3 children: Stephen Kariuki[7](Apoliticianwho has served as aKenyan member of parliamentrepresentingMathare 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.
References
[edit]- ^"Bishop Margaret Wanjiru | Jesus Is Alive Ministries".jiam.org.Retrieved2017-10-24.
- ^Wainaina, Eric (2014-10-10)."I quit ODM long time ago".Daily Nation.Retrieved2014-10-10.
- ^Members Of The 10th ParliamentArchived2008-07-01 at theWayback Machine.Parliament of Kenya. Accessed June 19, 2008.
- ^"Margaret Wanjiru Kariuki".Mzalendo.Retrieved2021-05-18.
- ^Daily Nation, April 16, 2010:Declare me MP, says Kamanda
- ^Daily Nation, September 20, 2010:PNU trounced in Juja as ODM wins Starehe
- ^"Steven Kariuki".Mzalendo.Retrieved2017-10-24.
- ^"Pastor Evans & Ashley Kariuki | Jesus Is Alive Ministries".jiam.org.Retrieved2017-10-24.
- ^"Bishop Wanjiru attends daughter's wedding in US - PHOTOS - Nairobi News".Nairobi News.2017-05-24.Retrieved2017-10-24.
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