John Michael Njenga Mututho
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[1955]
John Michael Njenga Mututho | |
|---|---|
 Hon. John Mututho, EBS | |
| Member of Parliament for Naivasha Constituency | |
| In office 2007–2013 | |
| Chairman of NACADA | |
| In office 2013–2016 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | John Michael Njenga Mututho [1955] [Nakuru], Kenya |
| Occupation | Agricultural Scientist, Politician |
John Michael Njenga Mututho (EBS) is a Kenyan politician and the immediate former chairman of the National Authority for the Campaign against Alcohol and Drug Abuse (NACADA) Board and an Independent candidate for governor, Nakuru County in the general elections of August 2017. He is a former member of parliament and previously belonged to the Kenya African National Union and was elected to represent the Naivasha Constituency in the National Assembly of Kenya in the 2007 Kenyan parliamentary election.[1]
"The National Assembly's committee of Administration and National Security has rejected the nomination of John Mututho to head the National Authority for the Campaign against Alcohol and Drug Abuse (Nacada)".[2]
Mututho has a Diploma in Range Management from Egerton University, Kenya and a Bsc in Range Management and Agriculture from the University of Nairobi, Kenya. He also has a Post Graduate Diploma in Resource Economics and an Msc. in Environment Economics from La Trobe University, Australia.
Career
Before his service in Parliament, Mututho worked in the civil service for 11 years and was a coordinator of the International Agencies and Government of Kenya projects in Arid and Semi Arid Lands (ASAL) for two years. He designed a water harvesting systems implemented by FAO in Kenya and Ethiopia using shallow pit systems. He was also chairman of board of governors Naivasha Girls Secondary School for seven years and helped transform the school into a top performer. He founded Computers for Schools Kenya (CFSK) in 2002, an NGO through which more than 70,000 computers have been distributed to schools countrywide.
In 2005, Mututho was charged for fraud relating to transactions between August and December 2001.[3] Mr Mututho is alleged to have obtained KES 41.5 million using fake Kenya Revenue Authority claiming that he was entitled to a tax refund channeled to the Kenyatta National Hospital which Mututho's company had supplied bedside lockers. Speaking out about the case, Mututho claimed that his legal troubles were politically motivated as the case was initiated while he was campaigning against the constitution during Kenya's 2005 referendum.[4] In July 2014, Mututho was cleared of the fraud charges due to lack of evidence.[5]