John Murumba Chikati (born 15 November 1962) is a Kenyan politician and the

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Member of National Assembly for

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, and the immediate former Special Secretary for Strategy and Delivery in the Office of the Deputy President. He is a member of The

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(FORD-Kenya) a partner of the United Democratic Alliance party.

Early life and education

Dr. Chikati is an

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in the Project Management Department of the Commonwealth Open University. 1976-1977, schooled at Ortum Primary, from where he did Certificate, Certificate Of Primary Education (CPE). In 1978, Dr. Chikati joined Teremi Secondary School, Bungoma, from where he did he attained a Kenya Ordinary Level Certificate (Form 4) in 1981.he later joined Mother Of Apostles Seminary for Form 5 and Form six, advanced level education, graduating in 1982 with a Kenya Advanced Level Certificate ( Form 6). Dr. Chikati joined the University of Nairobi in 1985 to study history , graduating in 1989 with a B.A. History. Later, 1990, he would join Commonwealth Open University for a masters degree in project management. He graduated with Master Of Science, Project Management degree in 1991. In 2010, Chikati enrolled for a post graduate program at the same university and graduated with a Phd. Management in 2013. Dr. Chikati also holds a diploma in Personnel Management & Administration (1991) and a diploma in Modern Management & Administration (1992), all from Cambridge Tutorial College.

Professional background

In 2015 Chikati was appointed by the president

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as a Director at Nzoia Sugar Company where he served until 2017. In 2018, he was appointed as the Special Secretary for Strategy and Delivery in the Office of the Deputy President

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where he worked until March 2022.

Political career

Member of Parliament

Chikati made his political debut in the 2002 General Election when he sought to vie for the Kimilili parliamentary seat,losing to the then minister for Trade and Industry Minister Mukhisa Kituyi. He returned again in 2007, this time vying on ODM party. However, as fate would have it, he lost to a new entrant Eseli Simiyu. John Chikati vied for

parliamentary seat in the 2013 General elections on the United Democratic Forum (UDF) party ticket where he emerged second. Chikati joined the

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party in the 2017 General elections where he lost to the former FORD-Kenya Secretary General Eseli Simiyu while vying for Member of National Assembly for

. In 2022, while vying on a FORD-Kenya party ticket, Chikati won in the 2022 General elections as the Member of National Assembly for

with over 20,000 votes.

Honors and awards

* M.B.S (Moran of the Order of the Burning Spear) Medal By President

References

www.johnchikati.com
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