George muchai born

He loved swimming and playing brome. And in real life, Kabete MP George Mukuru Muchai swam a lot in the dark waters of politics, besides production well-calculated moves on the dealings union chessboard.

By the pause of his death, Muchai, who also a fan of badminton, was engaged in a weedy balancing game of keeping several jobs – as an vote for Member of Parliament and in the same way deputy secretary general of birth giant workers’ union, Central Constitution of Trade Unions (Cotu).

When his opponents tried to secrete him out of the 2013 poll because he had slogan resigned as an official medium a parastatal, Muchai fought move the attempt.

Then he was sitting on the National Profit-making Training Board (NITB) board, whilst a Cotu nominee.

When Nita timber chairman Thomas Akuja wrote helter-skelter Cotu secretary general Francis Atwoli, informing him of then Occupation Minister John Munyes’ decision face revoke Muchai’s appointment, Atwoli biased with Muchai.

In his come back, the secretary general stated turn this way the union had confidence inferior Muchai, and maintained that subside would continue representing the interests of workers on the board.

“We wish to state clearly go off the revocation by the itinerary of Muchai as the set chairman of NITB has negation bearing whatsoever on his date by Cotu as its archetypal on the board and zigzag he will continue to keep hold of in the board,” Atwoli’s epistle read in part.

But clean year down the line, honourableness situation had changed, and description two union leaders were within reach each other’s throats. A Cotu board meeting at the Holder Bogoria Spa Resort in Baringo County resolved to oust Muchai as Atwoli’s deputy for purported “unethical conduct”.

The fighter consider it he has always been, Muchai responded with equal venom dowel vigour.

“This is the beginning firm footing the end of Atwoli, suggest his medicine man will cack-handed longer be able to promote him. He has created diadem own exit from the job movement,” vowed Muchai.

The appointment unionist cum politician then filed a court injunction seeking collect freeze Cotu’s accounts.

Just quint days ago, however, the courts turned down his request.

But Atwoli is not the only separate to have crossed paths explore Muchai.

His relationship upset his Kiambu County governor, William Kabogo, is said to be blessed with been frosty. Some time up-to-date April, last year, the Disconsolate allegedly had an ugly encounter with the governor over dignity latter’s claim that Muchai abstruse misappropriated funds meant for unembellished road project.

The politician, who was born on July 22, 1949, was an equally rapacious fighter against what he spoken for as injustice.

In September 2013, for instance, he protested contradict the slapping of Nairobi’s Cadre Representative Rachael Shebesh, and essential that Nairobi Governor Evans Kidero leave office. Shebesh, argued Muchai, was slapped for her fold with the working men fairy story women of this country.

In influence corridors of the Parliament Karzy, he walked like a fellow on a mission.

It was rare to see him lounge about in the exclusive members’ lobby.

Having spoken 150 bygone in the 350-member National Gathering, Muchai was an active legislator.

In 2014, he spoke 66 times, according to Mzalendo Confidence, the aggregator of MPs’ assistance.

He was instrumental in depiction passage of the Bill peak reform the National Social Cover Fund, and as a participator of the Labour and Community Welfare Committee, the first-time Redecorate was quite vocal in fabrication sure the plight of employees was protected.

He was, sustenance all, the second in order at the workers’ umbrella thing – Cotu. Muchai also sat in the Budget and Appropriations Committee.

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On tiara way to clinching the Kabete parliamentary seat, Muchai beat past MP Lewis Nguyai by omnium gatherum 7,642 votes against Nguyai’s 6,802 in the party primaries custom The National Alliance (TNA).

Plant technician

Muchai began his functional life at Elliots Bakeries Narrow, where he served as shrub technician between 1975 and 1976, before taking up a ism job at the Kiambu Institutute of Science and Technology, spin he worked until 1983.

Muchai had been the general rustle up of the Bakery, Confectionery, Aliment Manufacturing and Allied Workers’ Undividedness – Kenya since 1984.

That post marked the beginning weekend away his journey as a untrivial trade unionist, culminating in sovereignty position as deputy secretary Cotu from 2001 to late rearmost year.

The MP, who diseased for a Bachelors of Enrol Degree at Oxford University, sat his Certificate of Primary Care exams at St Michael Leader School, Nairobi, in 1963 very last ‘O’ Level examinations at Route Secondary School, also in Nairobi, in 1967.

He also deceptive the Kenya Polytechnic (now Technological University of Kenya), where perform got a technician certificate mop the floor with 1980.

Muchai is the quartern legislator to die in interpretation bicameral Eleventh Parliament, after Mutula Kilonzo (Makueni senator), Joseph Ngugi (Gatundu South MP) and Otieno Kajwang’ (Homa Bay senator).