14 Facts About Justin Muturi

Justin Bedan Njoka Muturi was born on 28 April 1956 and is a former Attorney General of Kenya who served as the seventh Speaker of the National Assembly of Kenya from 2013 to 2022.

Justin Muturi is the first speaker to serve following the reestablishment of a bicameral Parliament by the 2010 Constitution.

Justin Muturi was first elected as a member of the Kenya African National Union to represent Siakago Constituency in Parliament following a 1999 byelection which was held after the death of Silas Ita who was the Mp.

Justin Muturi won reelection in 2002 and served as opposition chief whip and chair of the Public Investment Committee during the 10th Parliament.

Justin Muturi vied for re-election in 2007, but was defeated by Lenny Kivuti with a small margin in a heavily contested election.

Justin Muturi then went to Kenya School of Law for a Post Graduate diploma in Law and was admitted as an advocate of the High court of Kenya in 1982.

In 2013, Justin Muturi ran for the Mbeere North parliamentary seat as a member of The National Alliance, but lost to Muriuki Njagagua who was running on APK party.

Justin Muturi served as a member of the Parliamentary Select Committee on the constitutional review from 1999 to 2004.

Justin Muturi was elected KANU national organising secretary in Nov 2008 and was the Party of National Unity constitution committee chairman during the national constitutional talks from 2008 to 2010.

Justin Muturi was formerly a judiciary employee serving as a principal magistrate between 1982 and 1997 before retiring from judicial service.

Justin Muturi served as the chairman of the Judges and Magistrates Association during the time.

Justin Muturi was a member of the Africa Parliamentarians Network Against Corruption, Global Organisation of Parliamentarians Against Corruption and the Parliamentary Network on the World Bank.

In 1997, while serving as a magistrate in Nairobi, Justin Muturi was accused of soliciting a bribe to rule in favour of Masaba Hospital founder Geoffrey Joel Momanyi and his wife Fellgona Akothe Momanyi in a case before him.

Justin Muturi was acquitted but did not resume his duties as a magistrate.