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Kawira Mwangaza

Kenyan politician who was Governor of Meru County from 2022 until her removal by Senate impeachment in August 2024, and earlier Member of the National Assembly for Meru County.

FormerLatest source dated 2025-03-17Last reviewed 2026-10-26

What roles did Kawira Mwangaza hold, and when?

Roles in date order

  1. Bishop, Baite Family Fellowship Church, Meru County Date uncertain

    Church leadership role reported in a 2022 profile; no dates given.[1]

  2. 2004 to 2008
    Chief Executive Officer, Mwangaza Distributors Ltd Former

    Private-sector role listed in her official parliamentary profile.[2]

  3. 2017 to 2022
    Member of the National Assembly (County Woman Representative), Meru County, National Assembly of Kenya Former

    Represented Meru County in the 12th Parliament as an independent; member of the House Business Committee and the Communication, Information & Innovation committee.[2, 1, 3]

  4. 2022-08 to 2024-08-21
    Governor, County Government of Meru Former

    Elected Governor of Meru County as an independent candidate in the August 2022 election; removed from office by Senate resolution on 21 August 2024.[1, 3, 4, 5]

Sources

  1. PROFILE: Kawira Mwangaza - From house-help to Meru GovernorCitizen Digital, 2022-08-19, secondary source
  2. Hon. Mwangaza, Kawira - Member profileParliament of Kenya, primary source
  3. Kawira trounces Kiraitu, Linturi to win gubernatorial seatKenya News Agency, secondary source
  4. Mwangaza v Speaker of the Senate of Kenya; Council of Governors & 6 others [2025] KEHC 3069 (KLR)Kenya Law, 2025-03-14, primary source
  5. Mutuma sworn in as Meru governor after court dims MwangazaTNX Africa (The Standard Group), 2025-03-17, secondary source

Change history

  • 2026-10-26 Record published.

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