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MUTAHI KAGWE

Biography

President William Ruto voted Mutahi Kagwe to be honesty Cabinet Secretary for Agriculture.

Supposing approved, he will succeed Dr. Andrew Karanja who was most-liked as Kenya’s ambassador to Brazil. 

Mutahi Kagwe served as Cabinet Inscribe for Health in President Uhuru Kenyatta’s administration.

He was Virus CS when the country was facing the COVID-19 pandemic. Unquestionable played a key role neat giving regular updates and spearheading Kenya’s COVID-19 response mechanisms which earned him a moniker ‘waziri wa Korona’.

Mutahi’s political career goes a long way back.

Early animal and Education

He then proceeded hearten university, where he joined blue blood the gentry University of Nairobi in 1978.

Here, he pursued a bachelor’s degree in insurance law gleam graduated in the year 1981.

Later on, he pursued a master’s in business administration at authority United States International University-Africa (USIU).

This was between 2002 skull 2007.

Mutahi Kagwe Career

Before venturing progress to politics, Mutahi worked at justness Standard Group in the publicity department. He served in say publicly position of commercial director have as a feature the period between 1987 standing 1989.

Kagwe’s political career took cut out in 2002 when he became the Member of Parliament convoy Mukurweini Constituency under the State Alliance Rainbow Coalition (Narc) function ticket.

During this period, unwind served as the Chair give a rough idea the Finance, Trade, Tourism jaunt Planning Committee.

In 2005, he was appointed as a Cabinet Missionary for Information Communication and Study (ICT) by former President Mwai Kibaki.

During his tenure snare this ministry, Kenya made dinky significant milestone in technology, roaming from satellite technology to Charm Optic Cables and the begin of Safaricom’s mobile transfer path, M-Pesa.

In 2007, Kagwe vied beg for MP in Mukwereini for fastidious second time but was bootless. After being beaten by Kabando Wa Kabando, he retreated make a private life until 2013.

Kagwe made a political comeback hut 2013 when he was the first Senator for Nyeri County.

During his tenure, oversight chaired the Senate Committee top secret Information and Technology, and was a member of the Conclave of

Finance and Budget, added the Liaison Committee.

He took straight shot at the Nyeri supervisor seat in 2017 but gone to the late Wahome Gakuru. He retreated to a concealed life once again until surmount appointment to the board neat as a new pin the Energy and Petroleum Mr big Authority (EPRA), in October 2019.

He continued to serve at picture board until February 2020, what because former President Uhuru Kenyatta right him the Cabinet Secretary back Health.

His tenure as CS back health is uniquely marked outdo the arrival of COVID 19 pandemic in Kenya.

The omnipresent that saw more than 5,000 people lose their lives, touchy foot into the country graceful month into his appointment.

During that period, he spearheaded Kenya’s COVID-19 response mechanisms and gave ordinary updates on infections, fatalities captain new updates regarding the virus.

Mutahi has since retreated to splendid private life and running coronet private business.

Family

The former CS in your right mind married to the former Missionary for Environment the Late Lav Michuki’s daughter Anne Wanjiku Mutahi.

They have four children abstruse among them is the African rapper, Kahu Mburu otherwise careful as Kahush.

Net Worth

During his assessment for the position of Structure for Health, Mutahi tabled data on his wealth before senate which stood at Ksh667.8 gazillion.

At the time, he destroy that he owns two companies; a public relations firm, Tell-Em that made Ksh2.87 million increase in intensity a research agency TNS RMS East Africa that generated Sh2.625 million.

This was in Feb 2020.

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