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JOE NGUGI

Born on the 12 March 1968 in Dundori area of Nyandarua County in Kenya, Joe Ngugi attended Kabazi Primary School,Solai Secondary School and Afraha High School before getting a job as a trainee journalist with the Nation Group of Newspapers in 1988. At only 20 years old and fresh from high school, Mr Ngugi could be said to have luck on his shoulders as he became the youngest journalist to work for a daily newspaper, while most of his colleagues were seasoned university graduate scribes. He went on to be an established name in court reporting, feature writing and later becoming the representative of the Kenya National Human Rights Commission (KHRC, thus becoming the youngest human and social rights crusader that greatly contributed towards Kenya's multiparty politics democracy. In 1995, Joe Ngugi left Kenya for Britain for further studies. While in Britain, he studied journalism at the London School of Journalism where he graduated with a distinction. After working for various newspapers in London, which included, The Voice and The Newham Recorder as well as his continuous contributions to Kenya's Daily Nation, Joe Ngugi decided to venture into business where he started several companies offering various services that included commercial and domestic cleaning as well as security and guarding. Together with three other friends, David Mbiyu, Macharia Gakuru and Paul Wakaba, Joe Ngugi went on to start the first ever Kenyan newspaper in the diaspora, The East African Times and later the Kenya London News. In 2007, Joe Ngugi returned to the University of East London where he studied and graduated with a law degree as well as LLM in International Laws and Third World Development. In 2013, Joe Ngugi was declared the Journalist of the Year by Kenyans living and working in Europe and America. After graduation, Joe Ngugi returned to Kenya in 2014 to become the Communication Director of the Bahati CDF as well as the office of the local MP, Hon. Kimani Ngunjiri.

This intelligent straight talking technocrat and abrasive speaker is widely considered as the most likely candidate to take over as the Speaker of the Nakuru County Assembly after the 2017 General Elections if not the MP for his native Subukia Parliamentary seat