John Harun Mwau

Hon. Harun Mwau

John Harun Mwau (born 24 June 1948) is a Kenyan businessman and politician. He is the former Member of Parliament for Kilome Constituency. He is the founding chairman Party of Independent Candidates of Kenya (PICK). He is a notorious drug dealer who has been called out by Obama over trafficking of narcotics {schedule 1 and 2} He was the first director of the defunct Kenya Anti-Corruption Authority[1] and ran as a Presidential Candidate in the 1992 Kenyan general election.[2] Prior to his career as a politician, he was a sports shooter and competed at the 1968 Summer Olympics and the 1972 Summer Olympics.[3]

2013 election

Mwau vied for senatorial position for Makueni in 2013 Election. He was defeated by Mutula Kilonzo[4]

CandidatePartyVote
Kiki MulwaNARC2,668
Harun MWauPICK51,162
Mutula KilonzoWIper193,539
Muthoka KatumoIndependent2,459
Rejected1,544
Vote Cast251,363

2013 Makueni by-election

Mutula Kilonzo Jnr a son of former senator Mutula Kilonzo of Wiper Democratic Party won 163,232 votes to win the Makueni Senate seat in the 2013 by-election. Mwau therefore has lost senatorial election to father and son in a span of 5 month.[5]

CadindatePartyVotes
Mutula Kilonzo JnrWiper163,232
John H. MwauPICK6,431
Philip KalokiNARC9,762
Katumo UrbanusIndependent517
Kitundu JaneLabour387
Rejected
Total Cast180,329

Makueni by-election, the first after the 4th March 2013 general election, was occasioned by the death of Mutula Kilonzo on 27 April 2013. The voter turnout was 60.4%.

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2013-07-04. Retrieved 2013-03-16.
  2. ↑ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2012-12-03. Retrieved 2012-12-28.
  3. ↑ "John Harun Mwau". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 26 January 2016. Retrieved 30 December 2015.
  4. ↑ IEBC. "Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission". www.iebc.or.ke. Retrieved 2018-05-02.
  5. ↑ 2013 IEBC By Election
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