Dick Wathika, Date of Birth, Date of Death

    

Dick Wathika

Kenyan politician

Date of Birth: 20-Oct-1973

Date of Death: 19-Dec-2015

Profession: politician

Nationality: Kenya

Zodiac Sign: Libra


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About Dick Wathika

  • Dick Mwangi Wathika (20 October 1973 – 19 December 2015) was a Kenyan politician who served as mayor of Nairobi.
  • He was elected in July 2004, and was re-elected in 2006. He vied successfully for the Makadara Constituency parliamentary seat in the 2007 Kenyan parliamentary elections, on a Party of National Unity ticket. Wathika's 2007 election to Nairobi's Makadara Constituency was annulled on 30 April 2010.
  • The judgment was delivered by Lady Justice Kalpana Rawal, who said the electoral process was marred by irregularities.
  • Lady Justice Rawal told a packed court that Mr Wathika was not validly elected, but said that she would issue a ruling in the afternoon on whether to stay the judgment before giving the parliamentary Speaker a certificate nullifying the MP's election.The by-election was held on 20 September 2010.
  • He failed to retain the seat, as the poll was won by Gideon Mbuvi Kioko of NARC-Kenya followed by Reuben Ndolo of ODM, while Wathika was left third.Dick Wathika contested unsuccessfully for the Mukurwe-ini Parliamentary Seat in the 2013 general elections.
  • He died on 19 December 2015 for as of yet undetermined cause after having gone to the hospital.

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