Jamleck Irungu Kamau

Jamleck Kamau was first elected to represent the Kigumo Constituency in the National Assembly of Kenya during the Kenyan parliamentary election, 2007 through the Party of National Unity (PNU). He later served as a cabinet minister in the government of Kenya's third president, Mwai Kibaki. During the 2013 General election, he was re-elected on a platform that simultaneously built on his record as a minister and MP and his strong support for the newly formed political party of establishment presidential candidate Uhuru Kenyatta, The National Alliance (TNA), which won the vast majority of parliamentary seats in Central Kenya and, together with the United Republican Party (URP) of William Ruto, went on to form a government under what was dubbed the "Jubilee" Alliance in 2013. Mr Kamau has voted in favour of all government-sponsored motions in parliament.

In the run-up to the 2017 general election, Kamau emerged as the presumptive opponent to Francis Mwangi "wa Iria" for the post of County governor for Murang'a, with their rivalry drawing various county leaders to openly support either camp. In what appeared to be an indication of support by national players of the Jubilee alliance, Mr Kamau hosted parliamentary majority leader Adan Duale at a rally in Murang'a in December, 2016, at which Mr wa Iria's record as governor was attacked. This Kamau / wa Iria rivalry could however be complicated by the expected entry of the son of veteran opposition leader Ken Matiba, Raymond Matiba, into the Murang'a gubernatorial race.

He lost the hotly contested Jubilee party nominations for the gubernatorial race having secured slightly over 18,000 votes, to the incumbent H.E Francis Mwangi who garnered just over 205,000 votes.

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