John Harun Mwau

John Harun Mwau (born 24 June 1948) is a Kenyan businessman and politician. He is the former Member of Parliament for Kilome Constituency. He is the founding chairman Party of Independent Candidates of Kenya (PICK). He was the first director of the defunct Kenya Anti-Corruption Authority[1] and ran as a Presidential Candidate in the 1992 Kenyan general election.[2] Prior to his career as a politician, he was a sports shooter and competed at the 1968 Summer Olympics and the 1972 Summer Olympics.[3]

Hon. Harun Mwau

2013 election

Mwau vied for senatorial position for Makueni in 2013 Election. He was defeated by Mutula Kilonzo[4]

CandidatePartyVote
Kiki MulwaNARC2,668
Harun MWauPICK51,162
Mutula KilonzoWIper193,539
Muthoka KatumoIndependent2,459
Rejected1,544
Vote Cast251,363

2013 Makueni by-election

Mutula Kilonzo Jnr a son of former senator Mutula Kilonzo of Wiper Democratic Party won 163,232 votes to win the Makueni Senate seat in the 2013 by-election. Mwau therefore has lost senatorial election to father and son in a span of 5 month.[5]

CadindatePartyVotes
Mutula Kilonzo JnrWiper163,232
John H. MwauPICK6,431
Philip KalokiNARC9,762
Katumo UrbanusIndependent517
Kitundu JaneLabour387
Rejected
Total Cast180,329

Makueni by-election, the first after the 4 March 2013 general election, was occasioned by the death of Mutula Kilonzo on 27 April 2013. The voter turnout was 60.4%.

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See also

References
  1. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 4 July 2013. Retrieved 16 March 2013.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  2. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 3 December 2012. Retrieved 28 December 2012.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  3. "John Harun Mwau". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 26 January 2016. Retrieved 30 December 2015.
  4. IEBC. "Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission". www.iebc.or.ke. Retrieved 2 May 2018.
  5. 2013 IEBC By Election
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