User:David G Muriu

David Gachunji Muriu is a former unionist, teacher, politician who was born in June 1966 (age 53) in Rugongo location, Bahati division, Nakuru District, Rift Valley Province.

He went to Rugongo Primary School and later St Joseph seminary Molo. He is a Medical practitioner in Spokane city Washington, area of concentration being Clinical psychology. He relocated to the US in mid 2006 after resigning from the position Executive Secretary Kenya National Union of Teachers (KNUT) Nakuru County, which he held for a period of four and a half years 2001-2005).for further studies.

He unsuccessfully contested the Bahati Parliamentary Seat in 2013 ,loosing in the nomination stage to the current Member Kimani Ngunjiri. He is celebrated for his fiery style of leadership, whereby he orchestrated and championed a mother of all teachers strike in Nakuru in the year 2002 after the national KNUT leadership had been compromised by the government to frustrate what teachers were agitating for and that led to his unlawful arrest and detention.

Alma mater : Washington Adventist University (Massachusetts Campus)