Tom Kajwang is the Ruaraka MP serving his second term in office.
Kajwang was elected first in the 2013 general election on Orange Democratic Movement (ODM) party.
He is one of former Prime Minister Raila Odinga’s political foot soldiers in Nairobi County.
The MP is often vocal on issues facing Nairobi residents and Kenyans at large.
But who is Kajwang?
1. Birth
He was born and raised in Mbita, Homa-Bay County.
2. Family of politicians
The Ruaraka MP hails from a family of politicians.
He was brother to the late ODM Homa-Bay senator Gerald Otieno Kajwang who died in 2014.
The Ruaraka MP is also brother current Homa-Bay senator Moses Otieno Kajwang.
3. Politics
The Ruaraka lawmaker joined active politics in 2013 and won the seat on ODM ticket.
In 2017, he won re-election on ODM ticket.
4. Lawyer
Kajwang is a trained lawyer and an advocate of the High court.
5. Businessman
The MP has business ventures in the legal profession.
6. Political ambitions
The MP says that his agenda is to serve Nairobians at a higher post.
There are claims that he could contest for the Nairobi senate or governor seat in 2022.
7. Christian
The MP is a staunch Christian and loves meeting friends.
In February, the MP was arrested, detained and charged in court with treason after overseeing Raila Odinga’s swearing in as the people’s president on January 30 at Uhuru Park.
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