Justin Muturi

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rdf:langString Justin Muturi

rdf:langString Justin Muturi

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rdf:langString Speaker of the National Assembly of Kenya

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rdf:langString Chairman of the Public Investments Committee

rdf:langString Member of Parliament for Siakago Constituency

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rdf:langString Justin Bedan Njoka Muturi (popularly known as JB) was born on 28 April 1956 in Kanywabora village[1].He is the Current Attorney General of Kenya who also served as the seventh Speaker of the National Assembly of Kenya, in office from 2013-2022. He is the first Speaker to serve following the reestablishment of a bicameral Parliament, as mandated by the 2010 Constitution. On 28 March 2013, Muturi won the speakership after a second round of voting by Members of the National Assembly, beating former speaker Kenneth Marende by a 219–129 margin. Muturi was first elected as a member of the Kenya African National Union to represent Siakago Constituency in Parliament following a 1999 byelection. He won reelection in 2002 and served as opposition chief whip and chair of the Public Investment Committee (PIC) during the 10th Parliament. He vied for re-election in 2007, but was defeated by Lenny Kivuti. As a representative of The National Alliance, Muturi ran for the Mbeere North parliamentary seat in 2013, but Muriuki Njagagua defeated him. From 1999 to 2004, he participated in the constitutional revision process as a member of the Parliamentary Select Committee. In addition to serving as the Party of National Unity (Kenya) constitution committee chairman during the 2008–2010 national constitutional debates, he was elected as the KANU National Organising Secretary in November 2008. He was chosen in April 2011 to serve as the chairman of the Centre for Multiparty Democracy (CMD), a civil society organization that addresses issues related to democracy in multi-party politics. Before leaving the judiciary in 1997, Muturi worked for the government as a principal magistrate for the years 1982 to 1997. During this time, he was also the association's chairman for judges. Muturi was formerly a judiciary employee serving as a principal magistrate between 1982 and 1997 before retiring from judicial service. He also served as the chairman of the Judges and Magistrates Association during the time. He was a member of the Africa Parliamentarians Network Against Corruption, Global Organisation of Parliamentarians Against Corruption and the Parliamentary Network on the World Bank.