# Margaret Wanjiru

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Kenyan politician

Bishop Margaret Wanjirū Member of the National Assembly for Starehe Constituency In office 2007–2013 Preceded by Maina Kamanda Succeeded by Maina Kamanda Assistant Minister for Housing In office 2010–2013 Personal details Born Margaret Wanjirū Party Jubilee Party (formerly Orange Democratic Movement) Children 3, including Stephen Kariuki Occupation Politician, Bishop

**Margaret Wanjirū** [1] 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](/source/Jubilee_Party) after leaving the [ODM party](/source/Orange_Democratic_Movement)[2] and was elected to represent the [Starehe Constituency](/source/Starehe_Constituency) in the [National Assembly of Kenya](/source/National_Assembly_of_Kenya) in the [2007 Kenyan parliamentary election](/source/2007_Kenyan_parliamentary_election).[3] In 2010-2013, she was appointed into the cabinet as an Assistant Minister for Housing.[4]

She risked losing her parliamentary seat after a 2010 vote recount indicated that her opponent, [Maina Kamanda](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Maina_Kamanda&action=edit&redlink=1) ([PNU](/source/Party_of_National_Unity_(Kenya))), had won the election by a clear margin.[5] As a result, a by-election was held on September 20, 2010, in which Wanjirū retained the seat, defeating Kamanda.[6]

## Personal life

She has three children: Stephen Kariūki[7] (a [politician](/source/Politician) who has served as a [Kenyan member of parliament](/source/National_Assembly_(Kenya)) representing [Mathare constituency](/source/Mathare_Constituency_(2013)) ), Evans Kariūki,[8] and Purity Kariūki.[9] She was diagnosed with COVID-19 on May 21, 2020, which led to her admission to the ICU at Nairobi Hospital.

## References

1. **[^](#cite_ref-1)** ["Bishop Margaret Wanjiru | Jesus Is Alive Ministries"](https://web.archive.org/web/20170207215058/https://www.jiam.org/bishops-profile/). *jiam.org*. Archived from [the original](https://jiam.org/bishops-profile/) on 2017-02-07. Retrieved 2017-10-24.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-2)** Wainaina, Eric (2014-10-10). ["I quit ODM long time ago"](http://mobile.nation.co.ke/news/I-quit-ODM-Bishop-Margaret-Wanjiru/1950946-2481948-format-xhtml-4icnqh/index.html). *Daily Nation*. Retrieved 2014-10-10.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-3)** [Members Of The 10th Parliament](http://www.bunge.go.ke/members.php) [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20080701203557/http://www.bunge.go.ke/members.php) 2008-07-01 at the [Wayback Machine](/source/Wayback_Machine). Parliament of Kenya. Accessed June 19, 2008.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-4)** ["Margaret Wanjiru Kariuki"](https://info.mzalendo.com/person/margaret-wanjiru/experience/). *Mzalendo*. Retrieved 2021-05-18.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-5)** Daily Nation, April 16, 2010: [Declare me MP, says Kamanda](http://www.nation.co.ke/News/politics/Declare%20me%20MP%20says%20Kamanda%20/-/1064/900840/-/alt92mz/-/index.html)

1. **[^](#cite_ref-6)** Daily Nation, September 20, 2010: [PNU trounced in Juja as ODM wins Starehe](http://www.nation.co.ke/News/politics/PNU+trounced+in+Juja+as+ODM+wins+Starehe+/-/1064/1015044/-/14y823k/-/index.html)

1. **[^](#cite_ref-7)** ["Steven Kariuki"](https://info.mzalendo.com/person/steven-kariuki/). *Mzalendo*. Retrieved 2017-10-24.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-8)** ["Pastor Evans & Ashley Kariuki | Jesus Is Alive Ministries"](https://jiam.org/pastor-evans-ashley-kariuki/). *jiam.org*. Retrieved 2017-10-24.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-9)** ["Bishop Wanjiru attends daughter's wedding in US - PHOTOS - Nairobi News"](http://nairobinews.nation.co.ke/life/bishop-wanjiru-attends-daughters-wedding-us/). *Nairobi News*. 2017-05-24. Retrieved 2017-10-24.

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