He leads the county in the homeland of President Uhuru Kenyatta.

Biography

Name:  William Gitau Kabogo

DOB:    5 April 1963,  Juja, Kenya.

Status: Married to Philomena Kabogo

Education

• Undergraduate Student of Punjab University, India (Bachelor of Commerce)
• Thika Technical High School - Diploma in Electronics

Professional career

Following his return to Kenya, he got employed as an auditor at the Auditor General’s office in the early 80’s. Working as an accountant for an international NGO, of which he later became its chief executive; a feat credited to his hard work.

He decided to relocate to Mombasa to venture in diverse business endeavours, by and large investing in the transport, real estate and clearing and forwarding businesses.

Political career

In 2002, Kabogo joined politics as a young man and won the Juja parliamentary seat. Since, he has been known to have initiated numerous development projects, including provision of tapped water, installation of electricity, and road construction works as well as, proper management of the bursary fund, construction of health centers and schools. In 2007, he defended his position for the Juja Parliamentary seat, which he controversially lost to George Thuo in a disputed election.

In April 2010, he won a rigorous court battle brought about by his filing a petition to the High Court against George Thuo and that led to annulment of the latter’s election results.

Until early May, Kabogo was a member of Jubilee party. He ditched Jubilee after being floored by Kabete lawmaker Ferdinand Waititu.

He has resorted to be an independent candidate to defend his seat. Meanwhile he will be facing off with Mr Waititu who is vying on a Jubilee party ticket.

Mr Waititu, popularly known as Baba Yao, has already been declared unfit to hold public office by a court in 2015. Mr Waititu has also been implicated in hate speech.