Josphat Gitonga Kabugi is a Kenyan politician and was the Pioneer Deputy Governor of

Laikipia County Laikipia County is one of the 47 Counties of Kenya, located on the Equator in the former Rift Valley Province of the Country. Laikipia is a cosmopolitan County and is Listed as County number 31. The county has two major urban centres: Nanyuki t ...

between 2013–2017.https://www.facebook.com/ejjaygitonga He was the running mate of Joshua Irungu and they clinched the gubernatorial seat after a landslide win in the

2013 Laikipia local elections Local elections were held in Laikipia County on 4 March 2013. Under the new constitution, which was passed in a 2010 referendum, the 2013 general election was to be the first where there would be election of county governors and their deputies f ...

on a

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ticket.

Early life

He went to Nanyuki Primary School, then went to

Nanyuki High School Nanyuki is a Market town in Laikipia County of Kenya lying northwest of Mount Kenya along the A2 road and at the terminus of the branch railway from Nairobi. The name is derived from Enyaanyukie Maasai word for resemblance. It is situated just ...

and then

Strathmore School Strathmore School is Kenya's first multi-racial school, established in 1961 in the Lavington area of Nairobi. It began as a residential Sixth Form College offering British-styled A-level courses and in 1963 switched from the Cambridge School Cert ...

Family

Gitonga is married to Purity Gitonga, and they have three children.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Kabugi, Gitonga 1966 births Living people Kenyan politicians