Justin Muturi, Date of Birth

    

Justin Muturi

Kenyan politician

Date of Birth: 28-Apr-1956

Profession: politician

Nationality: Kenya

Zodiac Sign: Taurus


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About Justin Muturi

  • Justin Bedan Njoka Muturi (popularly known as JB) (born 28 April 1966) is the seventh Speaker of the National Assembly of Kenya, in office since 2013.
  • He is the first Speaker to serve following the reestablishment of a bicameral Parliament, as mandated by the 2010 Constitution.
  • On 28 March 2013, Muturi won the speakership after a second round of voting by Members of the National Assembly, beating former speaker Kenneth Marende by a 219–129 margin. Muturi was first elected as a member of the Kenya African National Union to represent Siakago Constituency in Parliament following a 1999 byelection.
  • He won reelection in 2002 and served as opposition chief whip and chair of the Public Investment Committee during the 10th Parliament.
  • He vied for reelection in 2007, but was defeated by Lenny Kivuti. In 2013, Muturi ran for the Mbeere North parliamentary seat as a member of The National Alliance party, but lost to Muriuki Njagagua. He served as a member of the Parliamentary Select Committee on the constitutional review from 1999 to 2004.
  • He was elected KANU National Organising Secretary in Nov 2008 and was the PNU constitution committee chairman during the national constitutional talks from 2008–2010.
  • In April 2011, he was appointed the chairman of the Centre for Multiparty Democracy (CMD), a civil society group that deals with democracy issues in multi-party politics. Muturi was formerly a judiciary employee serving as a principal magistrate between 1982 and 1997 before retiring from judicial service.
  • He also served as the chairman the Judges and Magistrates Association during the time.
  • He was a member of the Africa Parliamentarians Network Against Corruption, Global Organisation of Parliamentarians Against Corruption and the Parliamentary Network on the World Bank.

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