24 Facts About Peter Munya

Peter Gatirau Munya was born on 1969 and is the immediate former Cabinet Secretary of Kenya's Ministry of Agriculture.

Peter Munya took over the ministry on 14 January 2020 after being transferred from the Ministry of Trade and Industrialization.

Peter Munya served in the same capacity in the ministry of East African Community and Northern Corridor Development.

Peter Munya is a politician who served as the first governor of Meru County, and as the second Chairman of the Council of Governors.

Peter Munya was, until his appointment as a Cabinet Secretary, the Party of National Unity Leader.

Peter Munya served as the 2nd Member of Parliament for Tigania East Constituency, Meru County in Central Kenya.

The son of Jackson Munya M'Rukunga and Grace Mwakithi, he was born and raised in Muthaara, Meru County.

Peter Munya served as the governor of Meru County from 27 March 2013 to 18 August 2017, having won the elections of March 2013 narrowly against the Educationist Kilemi Mwiria.

Peter Munya was acclaimed for coming up with major firsts, among them establishing the MCIDC, a corporation through which the county was to invest in sectors that would provide stable market to the local farming community, provide employment to the county's youth, provide vital services to the local business community, and generate revenue for the county government.

Peter Munya sat for and passed his 'O' Levels at Chogoria Boys High School, and proceeded to Meru School for his 'A' levels.

At the University of Nairobi, Peter Munya was twice elected, in 1992 and 1993, chair of the Kenya Law Students Society.

Peter Munya undertook and attained a master's degree in International Law.

Peter Munya proceeded to the University of Georgia where he attained a second master's degree in Law.

Peter Munya was published in the Moi University Journal in 2002 under the title "The Role of the International Court of Justice in Resolving African Disputes: Past, Present and Future Prospects".

In 2002 Peter Munya campaigned for and won the Tigania East parliamentary seat in the then Meru North District.

Peter Munya was sworn into the 9th Kenyan Parliament on 9 January 2003.

Peter Munya was a member of the Health Club Management committee and the Parliamentary Investment Committee before his appointment to the government in 2006 as the Assistant Minister, Ministry of Internal Security and Provincial Administration, where he called for stronger laws to curb small arms proliferation.

In December 2007 Peter Munya was elected for a second consecutive term as the representative for his Tigania East Constituency, and appointed the Assistant Minister, East African Community, where he called for expansion of roads, improvement of existing harbours and building of new ports.

Peter Munya appealed this ruling at the Supreme Court of Kenya in Nairobi.

In May 2015 Peter Munya was elected the chairman of the Council of Governors through consensus.

In October 2016, Peter Munya was elected the leader of the Party of National Unity at the party's National Delegates Conference in Nairobi.

Peter Munya subsequently lost to Murungi, who garnered 281,737 votes, against Munya, who garnered 232,569.

Peter Munya shifted his political direction from majority Jubilee Party where PNU was an affiliate party, to National Supper Alliance led by 1st petitioner of the presidential election Raila Odinga.

Peter Munya soon made an about turn after a meeting between him and his party leadership and the President Uhuru Kenyatta, who later appointed him to his cabinet.