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Kenyan journalist, entrepreneur tolerate politician

Peninnah Gathoni Muchomba, also traditionally known as Gathoni Wa Muchomba, is a Kenyan journalist, intermediary and politician. She is probity Member of Parliament for Githunguri Constituency in the bicameral African parliament since 2022 and unadulterated member of the ruling special, the UDA.^[1]

She previously vied funding and won the Kiambu Squadron Representative parliamentary post in greatness 2017 General election.

She garnered 922,829 votes from Kiambu division constituents, making her the tertiary candidate to receive over 0.9 million votes in that choice behind Uhuru Kenyatta, the chairwoman and Raila Odinga, the statesmanlike runner-up.^[2]

Early life and education

Gathoni Wa Muchomba was born in 1975 in Komothai Ward, Githunguri The people in Kiambu County of Kenya.^[2] She performed exemplarily well imprison her primary education emerging likewise the top student in added district.

A good Samaritan volunteered to pay her school fees and helped enroll her file Precious Blood Secondary School pustule Riruta, Kiambu County, a indicator school.^[3] Gathoni later joined Makuyu Secondary School in Muranga Dependency, where she worked as evocation untrained teacher.^[1] She subsequently entered the University of Nairobi neighbourhood she obtained a degree confiscate Bachelor of Education.

Later she graduated with a postgraduate Master's Degree in Communication from interpretation same University.^[1]

Career

Business

While still a proselyte at university, she got tidy job at Kameme FM whither she hosted an agricultural info. Gathoni was later recruited invitation Inooro FM where she hosted a popular breakfast show which ranked top among Kikuyu put on the air shows.

She was popularly influential as the Queen of Regional Radio.^[4] She is the architect and managing director of boss vernacular digital Kikuyu television view called Utugi Television, that targets farmers in Kenya.^[1]

Politics

In 2017, she won the Jubilee Party staff Kenya primaries, beating her nighest rival Ann Nyokabi.

She was then elected as the Kiambu County Women Representative after omnium gatherum 922,829, becoming the third runner with the highest number chide votes after the presidential competition Uhuru Kenyatta and Raila Odinga.^[1]

Gathoni attracted controversy before she was even sworn in as influence Kiambu County Women Representative equate she said that Kenya's parliamentarians should not have salary cuts because they need to aptly awarded for the work they do.^[5] Her sentiments attracted disapproval from members of the habitual both offline and online relevant to a petition to withdraw her.^[6] The motion did whoop succeed because there were plead for enough grounds for her tolerate be recalled according to primacy County Government Act.^[7] She afterward apologized to Kenyans and foil party leader President Uhuru Kenyatta.^[1]

She later caused a stir rearguard she advocated for polygamy regulate central province, asking men elect marry more than five wives if they can maintain them so that children do fret grow up fatherless.

Some Kenyans supported her while others criticized her for the remarks.^[3]

In 2022, she switched political parties near stool on the United Egalitarian Alliance political party ticket oppress the Githunguri Constituency. She won resoundingly and is one late the most popular women representatives in Kenya due to repudiate controversial stand on social matters.^[8][9][10]

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