Eric Muchangi Njiru Karemba (born 24 1984) is a Kenyan politician and a businessman, and currently the Member of Parliament (MNA) for

Runyenjes Constituency Runyenjes Constituency is an Constituencies of Kenya, electoral constituency in Kenya that was established for the 1988 elections. It is one of four constituencies of Embu County. Members of Parliament Locations and wards References

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, serving a second term and also the Chairman of the Labour and Social Affairs committee. Runyenjes is in

Embu County Embu County is a county of Kenya. The capital of Embu County and the former Eastern province headquarters, Embu is a large and largely metropolitan area with a population of 608,599 persons. The county borders Kirinyaga to the west, Kitui to ...

in Eastern part of

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. Karemba belongs to the

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party under the

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alliance led by the current and the fifth president of Kenya Dr

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. He is a graduate of Kenyatta university with a Bachelors of Education and was a student leader at the same university. Karemba made history by becoming the first Akorino MP in the history of Kenya. Karemba currently serves as the Chairman of the Labor and Social Affairs committee of the National Assembly.

Political career

Karemba is a member of the

which is the leading party in Kenya under the president

, where he won with a landslide with 50,519 votes against his closest competitor Simba who had just above 11,000 votes. Previously, Karemba belonged to

Jubilee party The Jubilee Party of Kenya was the ruling political party of the Republic of Kenya from 2016 until 13 September 2022. The party was founded on 8 September 2016, following the merger of 11 smaller parties. During the 2017 election, the Jubilee ...

, under

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. He is now a member of United Democratic Alliance under

. Karemba vied for the Runyenjes constituency parliamentary seat in 2013 under Alliance Party of Kenya party and lost narrowly to Cecily Mbarire who is now the current governor of Embu County. He vied again in 2017 under Jubilee and won the election garnering 59,447 votes against his close competitor who had 5,184 votes. In parliament, Karemba was a sitting member of the education committee. He also served as a member of the Library and ICT committee of the National Assembly. He is currently the Chairman of the Labour Committee of the Kenyan National Assembly and also a member of the Liaison Committee composed of all chairpersons. Karemba is a close confidant of President Dr. William Ruto.

Personal life

Karemba is married to Martha Kariuki.

Education

Karemba went to Kiangungi primary DEB school and then to Kegonge secondary school where he sat his KCSE. Karemba is a graduate from Kenyatta University with a Bachelor of Education Arts He then joined

Mount Kenya University Mount Kenya University (MKU) is a private, multi-campus, university in the municipal county of Thika, Kenya. The university was founded by Simon Gicharu, Prof. Simon N. Gicharu and has since become one of the largest private universities in Ken ...

for a Master of Arts in public administration.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Karemba, Muchangi Living people People from Embu County 21st-century Kenyan politicians Jubilee Party politicians Kenyatta University alumni Members of the National Assembly (Kenya) Mount Kenya University alumni 1984 births