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Gathoni Wamuchomba

National Assembly

Gathoni Wamuchomba

Constituency Githunguri
Party United Democratic Alliance
Status Elected
Term Sep 2022 – Present
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Activity (last 12 months)

Policy focus

  • Questions & Answers29%
  • Statements28%
  • Committee Reports18%
  • Parliamentary Procedures13%
  • Governance & Democracy6%
  • Motions6%

Biography

Peninnah Gathoni Mūchomba, also popularly known as Gathoni Wa Mūchomba, is a Kenyan journalist, entrepreneur and politician. She is the Member of Parliament for Githunguri Constituency in the bicameral Kenyan parliament since 2022 and a member of the ruling party, the UDA. She previously vied for and won the Kiambu Women Representative parliamentary post in the 2017 General election. She garnered 922,829 votes from Kiambu county constituents, making her the third candidate to receive over 0.9 million votes in that election behind Uhuru Kenyatta, the president and Raila Odinga, the presidential runner-up.

Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).

Current Positions

A member of the 13th Parliament from September 8, 2022 to Present

Performance Scorecard

21.5 / 100 overall performance score
Top 71% of the National Assembly Ranked 249 of 348
  • Contributions 188 ↑ above avg 10.0/100
    House average: 84.2
  • Bills 1 ↑ above avg 1.3/100
    House average: 0.6
  • Committees 1 ↓ below avg 20.0/100
    House average: 2.3
  • Initiative 1 ↑ above avg 2.2/100
    House average: 0.9
  • Division participation 6 ↓ below avg 60.0/100
    House average: 6.8

Committee Membership

Parliamentary Activity

Gathoni Wamuchomba has made 21 speeches this year and a total of 260 speeches in the 13th Parliament.

Questions & Answers 1st March 2023
7 speeches in 1 contribution
Question Time ORDINARY QUESTIONS
7 speeches
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Bills Sponsored

Gathoni Wamuchomba has sponsored 1 bill.

Status: Bill lost at Second Reading

Voting Record

1Ayes
5Noes
0Abstain / Spoilt
6Divisions attended

Voting History: 6

Petitions

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Questions

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Statements

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Declarations of Interest

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In the Kenya Gazette

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