Daniel Waithaka

Daniel Waithaka Mwangi is the former governor of Nyandarua County in central Kenya, he was elected during the Kenya General Elections of 4 March 2013 and stayed in office until 2017.

Daniel Waithaka Mwangi
1st Governor of Nyandarua County
Assumed office
27 March 2013
Succeeded byFrancis Kimemia
Personal details
NationalityKenyan
Political partyTNA Now Jubilee Party of Kenya
Alma materUniversity of Nairobi ( BCom)
Professionentrepreneur, accountant

Personal life

Daniel Waithaka is the director and proprietor of Elite School in Nyahururu. He holds a degree in Bachelor of Commerce, From the University of Nairobi and a certificate in CPA and CPS.[1]

Accountancy

Upon graduating from the University of Nairobi, Mr. Waithaka Mwangi joined the Ministry of Co-operative Development in 1972 as a lecturer at the Co-operative College, Karen. He later joined the Bell House Mwangi group of auditors as an auditor serving in both Nairobi and Nakuru. he also had stints at Kenya Tea Development Authority (now Agency) KTDA as an accountant in charge of tea factories before and Longman (K) Ltd (now Longhorn Publishers) as Chief Accountant.[2]

Politics

Daniel Waithaka entered electoral politics in 2007 when he contested Ol Kalou parliamentary seat on a Mazingira Greens Party. He was defeated by Erastus Mureithi, of the PNU Coalition. He rejoined politics in 2012 and successfully contested the governorship of Nyandarua under Jubilee coalition party TNA.

Governor Election 2013

He emerged victorious during the election after defeating former Kinangop MP Mr David Ngugi and Mr Peter Gathimba.[3]

CandidatePartyVotesComment
Daniel Waithaka MwangiTNA162,418Winner
David Mwaniki NgugiGNU19,561
Peter Mwangi GathimbaNARC55,896
Rejected votes2,313
Total votes cast240,188

References
  1. "Daniel Waithaka Mwangi". Archived from the original on 16 December 2013. Retrieved 5 June 2013.
  2. http://www.nyandarua.go.ke/h-e-the-governor/ Archived 8 November 2014 at the Wayback Machine H.E The Governor
  3. IEBC. "Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission". www.iebc.or.ke. Retrieved 23 November 2017.


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