In March 2013, Kimani Ichung’wah became a Member of Parliament for the Kikuyu constituency. He first ran on a National Alliance (TNA) party ticket.
According to Parliament’s website, he was the Vice-Chairman of the Public Investments Committee, a member of the Committee of Powers and Privileges, and a member of the Departmental Committee on Agriculture, Livestock, and Co-operatives.
In his first term in the National Assembly, he sponsored the 2014 Alcoholic Drinks Control (Amendment) Bill.
In 2017, Kimani Ichung’wah was re-elected on a Jubilee Party (JP) ticket.
He was in the Budget and Appropriations Committee. He was moved to the Member Services Committee during the Jubilee Party purge in July 2020.
In 2022, he was elected for a third time on a United Democratic Alliance (UDA) party ticket.
He is currently the leader of the majority in the National Assembly. This means he leads government business in Parliament.
Education
He is the second and last-born son in a family of 12. His father was a businessman running a butchery.
He was educated at Kikuyu Model Nursery School, then Kikuyu Township Primary then Alliance High School. Later, he pursued a Bachelor of Arts degree in Economics and History at the University of Nairobi (UoN) from 1996 to 2000.
In the two-year gap between Alliance High School and UoN, he took Certified Public Accountant (CPA) level 1 at the Kenya College of Accountants (KCA) which was based in Westlands then. He then moved to Strathmore College School of Accounting for CPA levels 2 to 6.
Ichung’wah also holds a diploma in banking.
Career
In an interview with Nation in October 2020, the budding politician revealed that he worked in his brother’s business in Nairobi. “I joined my brother in Nyamakima down in town on Duruma Road. We had a small shop there and I got into business selling mali mali…Eventually, my brother and his two Ugandan friends set up a small business selling safety shoes.”
Later, Ichung’wah joined a Unilever subsidiary, Diverseylever East Africa Limited, in 2001 as a cash and bank accountant. This was after finding the job in a Daily Nation advertisement. The role was based in Kangemi where he worked to March 2003.
He left to start a butchery business in Kikuyu on February 14, 2003. He continued to operate the business even after he got a second job.
He joined Madison Insurance, Nairobi from 2003 to 2006.
Ichung’wah later switched employers and moved to the Standard Group with an office at I&M Building within the Nairobi Central Business District. He worked at the Late President Daniel Moi-owned business from 2006 to 2008.
According to Parliament’s website, he still works at Safexafrica Limited.
Fun Fact: He aimed to be a lawyer but ended up as an accountant and businessman before joining politics.
Net Worth Estimates
Given the multiple sources of income and investments, Kimani Ichungwa’s net worth is estimated to be in the range of (3.5-5.478 )Million Dollars. In Kenyan Shillings, this would be approximately(400-800 M) million Kenyan shillings which is estimated net worth in Kenyan shillings.
Please note that net worth figures can fluctuate over time due to various factors such as changes in the economy, business ventures, and political developments.
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