Mutahi Kagwe
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Mutahi Kagwe is a Kenyan politician.
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Quick Facts Honourable, EGH, Cabinet Secretary for Health ...
Mutahi Kagwe Honourable, EGH | |
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Cabinet Secretary for Health | |
In office 28 February 2020 – 31 October 2022 | |
President | Uhuru Kenyatta |
Preceded by | Sicily Kariuki |
Succeeded by | Susan Nakhumicha Wafula |
Senator for Nyeri County | |
In office 28 March 2013 – 7 August 2017 | |
President | Uhuru Kenyatta |
Succeeded by | Ephraim Mwangi Maina |
Minister of Information, Communication and Technology | |
In office 2005 – 22 October 2007[1] | |
President | Mwai Kibaki |
Preceded by | Raphael Tuju |
Succeeded by | Samuel Poghisio |
MP for Mukurweini | |
In office 2002–2007 | |
President | Mwai Kibaki |
Preceded by | David Muhika Mutahi |
Succeeded by | Kabando wa Kabando |
Personal details | |
Born | 1958 (age 65–66) Kenya Colony |
Political party | Jubilee Party |
Spouse | Anne Wanjiku Mutahi |
Children | 4, including Kagwe |
Alma mater | University of Nairobi USIU |
Awards | Elder of the Order of the Golden Heart (EGH) |
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He is the former cabinet secretary for Health in the Republic of Kenya. He assumed office on 28 February 2020 after the docket was handed over to him by the previous cabinet secretary for Health, Sicily Kariuki.[2] He hit the airwaves at the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic when the first case was confirmed in Nairobi on 12 March 2020 following the outbreak in Wuhan, China in December 2019."Thank God for Calm, Competent Deputies".</ref>