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David Musila (born 24 February 1943) is a Kenyan politician. He belongs to the
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and was elected to represent Mwingi South Constituency in the
National Assembly of Kenya The National Assembly of the Republic of Kenya (formerly House of Representatives) is one of the two Houses of the Parliament of Kenya. Between 1966 and 2013, it served as a unicameral house. In 2013 ( 11th Parliament), it became the lower ...
in the Kenyan parliamentary election of 1997. In 2013 he was elected as the first senator representing
Kitui County Kitui County is one of the 47 counties of Kenya in the former Eastern Province of Kenya. Its capital and largest town is Kitui. Mwingi is also another major urban centre. The county has a population of about 1.2 million people (as of 2024)Ny ...
.


Career

After graduating from
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, Texas with an Honors degree in Economics and Government in 1968, Musila returned to Kenya and enrolled in the government. He was appointed as District Officer (D.O) and was posted in Nakuru and later Molo. He rose to the position of District Commissioner in 1974 before serving as Deputy Provincial Commissioner in 1978. He was appointed Provincial Commissioner for Central Province by President Daniel Arap Moi in 1979, a post which he retained until 1985, after which he was appointed Director of Tourism in the Ministry of Wildlife and Tourism. He retired from the civil service in 1988. He served as consultant on tourism for the World Tourism Organisation until 2010.


Political life

In 1997 he was elected as a KANU MP and retained his seat after moving to the LDP wing of NARC in 2002. He was re-elected in
Mwingi Mwingi is a town in Kitui County in the Eastern Region of the Republic of Kenya. It had an urban population of 15,970 as per the 2009 census. The town is located along the A3 Road between Nairobi and Garissa, north of its county capital Kitui, a ...
south and elected Deputy-Speaker in the 2003 Parliament and defended his seat in the 2007 elections on a ODM-K ticket. In April 2008 he was appointed as assistant minister of Defence by President
Mwai Kibaki Emilio Stanley Mwai Kibaki (15 November 1931 – 21 April 2022) was a Kenyan politician who served as the third President of Kenya from December 2002 until April 2013. He served in various leadership positions in Kenya's government including ...
where he served until 2013. He was elected as the first senator of Kitui County on March 4, 2013 by garnering 156,690 votes. In the senate he served in the Senate Committee on Energy, Roads and Transport. Musila also served in the Parliamentary Service Commission as Chairman of Security & Development Committee, member of audit committee of the Commission, Staff Welfare Committee of the Commission. The former senator also served as chairman of Wiper Democratic Movement Kenya until his resignation. Hon. David Musila is the author of a book titled "Seasons of Hope" that is a written memoir of his life as a public servant. He is the chairperson of the David Musila foundation.


References

Living people 1943 births Members of the Senate of Kenya Wiper Democratic Movement – Kenya politicians Members of the National Assembly (Kenya) Bishop College alumni {{Kenya-politician-stub