Dick Mwangi Wathika (20 October 1973 – 19 December 2015) was a Kenyan politician who served as mayor of
Nairobi
Nairobi ( ) is the capital and largest city of Kenya. The name is derived from the Maasai phrase ''Enkare Nairobi'', which translates to "place of cool waters", a reference to the Nairobi River which flows through the city. The city proper ha ...
. He was elected in July 2004, and was re-elected in 2006.
He vied successfully for the
Makadara Constituency
Makadara Constituency is an Constituencies of Kenya, electoral constituency in Nairobi City County, Kenya. It is one of seventeen constituencies in the county. It was renamed prior to the 1997 elections, but was also known as Doonholm Constituency ...
parliamentary seat in the
2007 Kenyan parliamentary election
General elections were held in Kenya on 27 December 2007. Voters elected the President, and members of the National Assembly. They coincided with the 2007 Kenyan local elections.
Incumbent Mwai Kibaki, running on a Party of National Unity (PN ...
s, on a
Party of National Unity ticket.
Wathika's 2007 election to Nairobi's Makadara Constituency was annulled on 30 April 2010. The judgment was delivered by Lady Justice Kalpana Rawal, who said the electoral process was marred by irregularities. Lady Justice Rawal told a packed court that Mr Wathika was not validly elected, but said that she would issue a ruling in the afternoon on whether to stay the judgment before giving the parliamentary Speaker a certificate nullifying the MP's election.
The by-election was held on 20 September 2010. He failed to retain the seat, as the poll was won by
Gideon Mbuvi Kioko of
NARC-Kenya followed by
Reuben Ndolo of
ODM, while Wathika was left third.
Dick Wathika contested unsuccessfully the Mukurwe-ini Parliamentary Seat in the 2013 general elections. He died on 19 December 2015, cause undetermined, after having gone to the hospital.
Former Nairobi Mayor Dick Wathika dies, Citizen Digital, December 19, 2015
References
External links
Mayor's office
Mayors of Nairobi
1973 births
2015 deaths
People from Nairobi
Party of National Unity (Kenya) politicians
Members of the National Assembly (Kenya)
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