Kinoti Gatobu
Kinoti Gatobu | |
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Member of the Kenyan Parliament | |
Assumed office March 2013 | |
Constituency | Buuri |
Majority | 15,793 |
Personal details | |
Born | c. 1986 (age 37–38) Kenya |
Political party | Independent |
Relations | Married |
Residence | Meru |
Alma mater | University of Nairobi (BCom) |
Occupation | Freelance writer |
Positions | Editor, Unique Homes Magazine[1] |
Nickname | Kijana (young man) |
Boniface Kinoti Gatobu is a Kenyan politician who was elected as a member of the Kenyan Parliament in the 2013 parliamentary elections.[2][3]
At 26, he is the youngest member of Kenya's 11th Parliament.[4] When he was just 23 and fresh out of the university, Boniface rejected three job offers (and the six-figure salaries that went with them) to work in his Kibirichia Village as a primary school teacher on voluntary basis. His grandfather was a squatter. His father, Moses Gatobu, a secondary school teacher, went to a simple high school (Miathene) in Meru; and his mother, Agnes Kinya Gatobu, joined a diploma teacher training college after giving birth to Kinoti, leaving him in the care of his Aunt, Gladys Njiiru[citation needed]. In 2017 December, He expressed his interest to vie for Gubernatorial seat in Meru County instead of parliamentary seat which he had held from 2013 to 2017. 3 days to national elections, he stepped down for his opponent, Governor Kiraitu Murungu. Currently, he does not serve any governmental capacity.
References
- ^ "Team: Unique Homes Magazine". Unique Homes Magazine. Retrieved 13 March 2013.
- ^ "The firsts in the Kenyan elections". safariafricaradio.com. 11 March 2013. Archived from the original on 22 October 2013. Retrieved 13 March 2013.
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- ^ Kenya CitizenTV (2013-03-20), Kinoti Gatobu : Youngest MP Elect, retrieved 2017-11-23