{{Short description|Kenyan politician}} {{Infobox officeholder | name = Mutahi Kahiga | deputy = David Mwangi Kinaniri Waroe | education = Kenya Methodist University | term_start = 13 November 2017 | preceded = Wahome Gakuru | order = 4th Governor of Nyeri County | image = Mutahi Kahiga.jpg }}
'''Mutahi Kahiga''' is a Kenyan politician currently serving as the fourth governor of Nyeri County.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2022-08-14 |title=Nyeri governor defends Seat – Kenya News Agency |url=https://www.kenyanews.go.ke/nyeri-governor-defends-seat/ |access-date=2025-03-15 |language=en-GB}}</ref> Kahiga was elected as the Deputy Governor of Nyeri County in 2017 alongside the county's third Governor, Wahome Gakuru. He later ascended to the gubernatorial position following the demise of the incumbent governor Dr. Wahome Gakuru<ref>{{Cite web |last=Asamba |first=Mercy |title=Nyeri Governor Wahome Gakuru dies in road accident |url=https://www.standardmedia.co.ke/article/2001259525/nyeri-governor-wahome-gakuru-dies-in-road-accident |access-date=2025-03-15 |website=The Standard |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2020-06-28 |title=Nyeri Governor Wahome Gakuru dies after road crash |url=https://nation.africa/kenya/news/nyeri-governor-wahome-gakuru-dies-after-road-crash-473556 |access-date=2025-03-15 |website=Nation |language=en}}</ref> and took the oath of office on 13 November 2017.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Theuri |first=Peter |title=Mutahi Kahiga: Teacher who found himself in the hot seat |url=https://www.standardmedia.co.ke/sunday-magazine/article/2001425083/mutahi-kahiga-teacher-who-found-himself-in-the-hot-seat |access-date=2025-03-15 |website=The Standard |language=en}}</ref> Kahiga was re-elected for a second term in the 2022 general elections under the United Democratic Alliance ticket.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2022-08-12 |title=Governor elections: List of winners |url=https://citizen.digital/news/governor-elections-list-of-winners-n303805 |access-date=2025-03-15 |website=Citizen Digital |language=en-KE}}</ref>
Before venturing into politics, Kahiga had a teaching career spanning 32 years and served as an executive secretary in the Mount Kenya Branch of the Kenya National Union of Teachers.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2020-06-29 |title=Mutahi Kahiga sworn in as Nyeri's fourth governor |url=https://nation.africa/kenya/counties/nyeri/mutahi-kahiga-sworn-in-as-nyeri-s-fourth-governor-476238 |access-date=2025-03-15 |website=Nation |language=en}}</ref> In 2024, he obtained a Doctorate Degree in Leadership and Education Management from the Kenya Methodist University.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2024-10-19 |title=Nyeri Governor Mutahi Kahiga Graduates with a PhD in Leadership and Education Management from KeMU - Kenyans.co.ke |url=https://www.kenyans.co.ke/news/105513-nyeri-governor-mutahi-kahiga-graduates-phd-leadership-and-education-management-kemu |access-date=2025-03-15 |website=www.kenyans.co.ke |language=en}}</ref>
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