William Gitau

William Kabogo Gitau
1st Governor of Kiambu County
In office
27 March 2013 – 2017
Succeeded by Ferdinand Waititu
Member of the Kenyan Parliament
In office
2010–2013
Constituency Juja
Personal details
Born (1961-04-04) 4 April 1961
Nationality Kenyan
Political party TNA
Alma mater Panjab University (BCom)

William Kabogo Gitau (born 5 April 1963) is a Kenyan politician. He was the Governor of Kiambu County[1] and a member of the National Alliance Party (TNA).[2]

He won the governorship in the March 2013 general election. He is the immediate former Juja MP which he won in the 2010 by-elections trouncing Alice Wambui of Kenya National Congress who was distant second, while the previous MP, George Thuo of PNU was left third.[3] In 2017 he lost the jubilee ticket and conceded defeat way before the results were announced.

He was defeated by his bitter rival Ferdinand Waititu for the Jubilee Gubernatorial ticket in 2017 and thereafter quit the Jubilee Party and declared that he would run as an independent candidate.[4]

Early life and education

Born on April 4, 1964 in Komothai village in Githunguri, Kabogo attended St George’s Ruiru Primary School, then Thika Technical School between 1975 and 1978 before joining Punjab University, India, for a Bachelor of Commerce degree.

Political career

William Gitau Kabogo burst into the political scene in 2002 when he contested contested for the Kanu ticket for Juja Parliamentary Seat (Uhuru Kenyatta was then Kanu’s presidential candidate) and lost to incumbent Stephen Ndichu. He immediately decamped to ecamped to the little known Sisi Kwa Sisi party and went ahead to defeat Ndichu in the general elections. Kabogo unsuccessfully defended his seat during the 2007 when he lost the seat to George Thuo. He successfully petitioned the election of Thuo and when the by-election was called, he buried his political nemesis with a landslide victory on a Narc-Kenya ticket.

In 2013 Kabogo contested and won the Kiambu Gubernatorial Elections to become the 1st Governor of Kiambu County.He lost the seat to Ferdinand Waititu after losing the Jubilee Party ticket the most dominant Party in Kiambu and contesting as an independent candidate during the 2017 general elections.

References

  1. ↑ "Govt revokes 345 irregular land titles". Daily Nation. 8 December 2010. Retrieved 11 January 2011.
  2. ↑ "Narc kenya Upsets PNU and ODM to clinch Juja and Makadara seats". The Kenya Weekly Post. 20 September 2010. Retrieved 11 January 2011.
  3. ↑ Daily Nation, 20 September 2010: PNU trounced in Juja as ODM wins Starehe
  4. ↑ http://www.capitalfm.co.ke/news/2017/05/kabogo-defend-kiambu-governor-seat-independent-candidate/. Missing or empty |title= (help)


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