Margaret Wanjiru

{{short description|Kenyan politician}} {{Use British English|date=January 2023}} {{Infobox officeholder | name = Margaret Wanjirū | honorific_prefix = Bishop | birth_name = Margaret Wanjirū | occupation = Politician, Bishop | party = [[Jubilee Party]] (formerly [[Orange Democratic Movement]]) | office = Member of the National Assembly for Starehe Constituency | term_start = 2007 | term_end = 2013 | predecessor = Maina Kamanda | successor = Maina Kamanda | office2 = Assistant Minister for Housing | term_start2 = 2010 | term_end2 = 2013 | children = 3, including [[Stephen Kariuki (politician)|Stephen Kariuki]] | website = }}

'''Margaret Wanjirū''' <ref>{{Cite web|url=https://jiam.org/bishops-profile/|title=Bishop Margaret Wanjiru {{!}} Jesus Is Alive Ministries|website=jiam.org|language=en-US|access-date=2017-10-24|archive-date=2017-02-07|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170207215058/https://www.jiam.org/bishops-profile/|url-status=dead}}</ref> is a Kenyan politician and a Bishop at Jesus is Alive Ministries (JIAM).

== Career and Political life == '''Wanjirū''' is also popularly known as 'Mama Na Kazi'. She belongs to the [[Jubilee Party]] after leaving the [[Orange Democratic Movement|ODM party]]<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://mobile.nation.co.ke/news/I-quit-ODM-Bishop-Margaret-Wanjiru/1950946-2481948-format-xhtml-4icnqh/index.html|title=I quit ODM long time ago|last=Wainaina|first=Eric|date=2014-10-10|work=Daily Nation|access-date=2014-10-10}}</ref> and was elected to represent the [[Starehe Constituency]] in the [[National Assembly of Kenya]] in the [[2007 Kenyan parliamentary election]].<ref>[http://www.bunge.go.ke/members.php Members Of The 10th Parliament] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080701203557/http://www.bunge.go.ke/members.php |date=2008-07-01 }}. Parliament of Kenya. Accessed June 19, 2008.</ref> In 2010-2013, she was appointed into the cabinet as an Assistant Minister for Housing.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Margaret Wanjiru Kariuki|url=https://info.mzalendo.com/person/margaret-wanjiru/experience/|access-date=2021-05-18|website=Mzalendo|language=en}}</ref>

She risked losing her parliamentary seat after a 2010 vote recount indicated that her opponent, [[Maina Kamanda]] ([[Party of National Unity (Kenya)|PNU]]), had won the election by a clear margin.<ref>Daily Nation, April 16, 2010: [http://www.nation.co.ke/News/politics/Declare%20me%20MP%20says%20Kamanda%20/-/1064/900840/-/alt92mz/-/index.html Declare me MP, says Kamanda ]</ref> As a result, a by-election was held on September 20, 2010, in which Wanjirū retained the seat, defeating Kamanda.<ref>Daily Nation, September 20, 2010: [http://www.nation.co.ke/News/politics/PNU+trounced+in+Juja+as+ODM+wins+Starehe+/-/1064/1015044/-/14y823k/-/index.html PNU trounced in Juja as ODM wins Starehe]</ref>

== Personal life == She has three children: Stephen Kariūki<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://info.mzalendo.com/person/steven-kariuki/|title=Steven Kariuki|website=Mzalendo|access-date=2017-10-24}}</ref> (a [[politician]] who has served as a [[National Assembly (Kenya)|Kenyan member of parliament]] representing [[Mathare Constituency (2013)|Mathare constituency]] ), Evans Kariūki,<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://jiam.org/pastor-evans-ashley-kariuki/|title=Pastor Evans & Ashley Kariuki {{!}} Jesus Is Alive Ministries|website=jiam.org|language=en-US|access-date=2017-10-24}}</ref> and Purity Kariūki.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://nairobinews.nation.co.ke/life/bishop-wanjiru-attends-daughters-wedding-us/|title=Bishop Wanjiru attends daughter's wedding in US - PHOTOS - Nairobi News|date=2017-05-24|work=Nairobi News|access-date=2017-10-24|language=en-US}}</ref> She was diagnosed with COVID-19 on May 21, 2020, which led to her admission to the ICU at Nairobi Hospital.

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