Hon. Wanjiku Muhia is the Member of Parliament for Kipipiri Constituency, elected in 2022 on a United Democratic Alliance (UDA) ticket as the first female MP to represent Kipipiri since independence.

LEADERSHIP EXPERIENCE

She holds a Bachelor of Business Administration from Kenya Methodist University and an MBA, and attended the Harvard Kennedy School programme on Leaders in Development in 2016. She worked as an Administrator at Florensis Kenya Ltd and in customer service at Equity Bank. She was elected the first Nyandarua County Woman Representative under The National Alliance (TNA) with over 66% of the vote, then served as a Regional MP at the East African Legislative Assembly (EALA), where she was also a Commissioner. In the 13th Parliament she chairs the Regional Integration Committee and has served on committees on Agriculture, Tourism and Natural Resources, Budget, and Administration and National Security.

She has led modernisation of infrastructure across dozens of schools in Kipipiri, championed amendments to the Persons with Disabilities Act to incorporate Kenyan Sign Language, and founded the Wanjiku Muhia Foundation, which runs cancer screening drives and established the Nyandarua Cancer Center.