Joshua Irungu was appointed to the position of Chairperson of Water Services Regulatory Board in February 2019.
10 Facts About Joshua Irungu
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Joshua Irungu is the first and third governor of the County of Laikipia first serving from 2013 to 2017, representing the Jubilee Coalition party TNA and securing a return running on a UDA ticket in 2022.
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Joshua Irungu holds a master's degree in Agriculture and Rural Development in addition to a bachelor's degree in Resource Management from Egerton University.
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Up until the year 2000, Joshua Irungu was a civil servant in Kenya's Ministry of Agriculture.
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Joshua Irungu was in charge of Agriculture and Livestock Development officers in charge of Laikipia West and Nyahururu divisions of what was then Laikipia District.
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Joshua Irungu resigned from government and joined USAID, for whom he was in charge of the International Small Group and Tree planting programme.
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Joshua Irungu was said to have demanded the departure of settlers of British origin from Laikipia County for 'failure to support deferral of cases facing President Uhuru Kenyatta and his deputy William Ruto at the international Criminal Court' a statement for which he later apologized.
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Joshua Irungu was narrowly defeated in the 2017 Governor's race by Independent candidate Ndiritu Muriithi.
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Joshua Irungu garnered 113,783 votes while Muriithi, who was vying on a Jubilee ticket under Azimio la Umoja coalition came second with 48,563 votes.
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Joshua Irungu is married to Grace Wakahora and a father of three sons and a daughter.