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Kiraitu Murungi's Biography in Summary

Kiraitu Murungi is a Kenyan politician who currently serves as Governor of Meru County in Central Kenya. Kiraitu is a former long-serving MP for South Imenti constituency from 1992 to 2013, as well as a former Cabinet Minister and Meru County Senator.

Age
Kiraitu was born in Kionyo village, Meru County, on January 1, 1952.

Wife
He married Priscilla K. Murungi, with whom he has four children: Nkatha, Mwenda, Makena, and Anita Murungi.

Education
He attended Chuka High School before continuing his education at Alliance High School. Kiraitu earned a Bachelor of Laws from the University of Nairobi in 1977 and a Master of Laws from the same institution in 1982. Kiraitu earned another Master of Laws from Harvard Law School while living in exile in the United States for two years during Daniel arap Moi's one-party dictatorship.

Career

Kiraitu worked for over ten years as a partner in a law firm he co-founded with Kamau Kuria and Aaron Ringera. During this time, Kiraitu's main case was representing political prisoners of the Daniel Moi government, including Wanyiri Kihoro, against the government. 

The case is covered in Wanyiri Kihoro's book 'Never Say Die,' The Chronicle of a Political Prisoner, and resulted in Kuria Kihoro's detention in an attempt to cause the case to be dropped, as well as a period of exile in various western countries for both Kiraitu and Kuria Kihoro. Following Kiraitu's return from exile, he joined the fight for multi-party democracy as one of Kenya's 'Young Turks' in 1990. Following Kenya's return to multi-party politics in 1991, he joined the newly formed FORD (Forum for the Restoration of Democracy), and was elected to parliament on the FORD ticket in the first multi-party election in 1992, as MP for South Imenti Constituency, Meru County.