Joshua Irungu’s biography, net worth, fact, career, awards and life story

Intro Kenyan politician
Is Politician 
From Kenya 
Type Politics 
Gender male
Birth 2 February 1970
Age: 50 years
Star sign Aquarius

Joshua Wakahora Irungu (born 2 February 1970) is a Kenyan politician and Community development specialist. He was elected the inaugural governor of the County of Laikipia in Kenya’s general Elections of 2013, representing the Jubilee Coalition party TNA

Education

Joshua Irungu holds a master’s degree in Agriculture and Rural Development in addition to a bachelor’s degree in Resource Management from Egerton University.

Career

Up until the year 2000, Joshua Irungu was a civil servant in Kenya’s Ministry of Agriculture. He was in charge of Agriculture and Livestock Development officers in charge of Laikipia West and Nyahururu divisions of what was then Laikipia District. He resigned from government and joined USAID, for whom he was in charge of the International Small Group and Tree planting programme(ISGTPP).

2013 General Elections

Joshua Irungu, and his running mate Josephat Kabugi Gitonga won the 2013 Gubernatorial election in Laikipia County by a landslide, having secured the nomination of the National Alliance party earlier in the year.

Candidate Running Mate Coalition Party Votes
Irungu, Joshua Wakahora Kabugi, Josphat Gitonga TNA 21,561 (57.4%)
Kamau, Richard Mburu Shuel, Joseph Njalis AP 1,883 (5.0%)
Kiunjiri, Festus Mwangi Gichuhi, David Maina GNU 10,889 (29.0%)
Muriithi, Ndiritu Putunoi, Jane Tingis UDFP 3,257 (8.7%)

Governorship Tenure

Joshua Irungu’s tenure as governor ran into controversy due to his association with a move by Kenyan politicians calling for the evicting of white settlers from the country. He was said to have demended the departure of settlers of British origin from Laikipia County for ‘failure to support deferral of cases facing President Uhuru Kenyatta and his deputy William Ruto at the international Criminal Court’ a statement for which he later apologized

Family

Joshua Irungu is married to Grace Wakahora and a father of three sons and a daughter.

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