John Kiarie Waweru (born 1972) is a Kenyan politician. He is a member of Parliament for Dagoretti South Constituency in Nairobi County under United Democratic Alliance.[1] and former Redkyulass Comedian.[2] He is popularly known as KJ from the popular show Redkyulass.[3] He also ran a comedy cartoon strip from Sunday Nation Buzz Magazine.

Early years and education

Kiarie was born in 1978.[4] He attended Kileleshwa Primary School for his primary education and Dagoretti High School. He later joined Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology and acquired Certificate in Information Technology in 1996.[5] He obtained a Bachelor of Education from Kenyatta University. Prior to entering to politics he was a Journalist at Nation Media Group and a Director for Redykulass Limited.[6]

Professional Life

Kiarie worked was a teacher in Materi Girls Center and State House Girls High School before becoming a Columnist Journalist for the Nation Media. He left Nation Media Group to join Ogilvy Africa as an Art Director in 2008. In 2011,[1] he joined Scanad as a Communications Consultant. Kiarie served as a Director at the Youth Agenda between 2003 and 2008. went on to serve as a Director at the Athi Water Services Board between 2008 and 2011.

Political life and career

Kiarie was elected as the member of parliament for Dagoretti South in 2017 under the Jubilee Party of Kenya, where he finished first[7] ahead of five other candidates. As a member of parliament, he serves in the 12th Kenyan parliament and is in charge of the NG-CDF for Dagoretti South and is a member of Departmental Committee on Communication, Information & Innovation and Departmental Committee on justice and Legal Affairs in since 2017 to date.[1]

See also

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Hon. Waweru, John Kiarie | The Kenyan Parliament Website". www.parliament.go.ke. Retrieved 2021-05-20.
  2. ↑ "Redykyulass can come back for one final show-KJ tells Churchill (video)". Classic 105. 2020-06-11. Retrieved 2021-05-20.
  3. ↑ Jalango, Irvin John. "Redykylass' John Kiarie (KJ)-‘Kinyasa’ uniform was my fashion in campo". Standard Entertainment and Lifestyle. Retrieved 2021-11-08.
  4. ↑ "Former Comedian John Kiarie: My Mother and Brother Commited [sic] Suicide". Retrieved 2021-05-20.
  5. ↑ "Hon. Waweru, John Kiarie". The National Assembly of the Republic of Kenya.
  6. ↑ "Hon. Waweru, John Kiarie | The Kenyan Parliament Website". www.parliament.go.ke. Retrieved 2021-11-08.
  7. ↑ IEBC (April 2020). "IEBC Data Report of 2017 Elections" (PDF). IEBC. p. 121.
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