Eugene Wamalwa

Eugene Ludovic Wamalwa is a Kenyan politician who served as the Cabinet Secretary for Defence from September 2021 until October 2022. A member of the Azimio la Umoja, Wamalwa previously directed multiple ministries under the Uhuru Kenyatta administration, serving as Cabinet Secretary for Devolution and ASALs from January 2018 to September 2021, and as Cabinet Secretary for Water and Irrigation from July 2015 to January 2018. Prior to his cabinet appointments in the executive, he served as the Minister for Justice, National Cohesion, and Constitutional Affairs from 2012 to 2013 under President Mwai Kibaki.

Wamalwa entered national politics during the 2007 Kenyan parliamentary election, where he was elected on a Party of National Unity (PNU) ticket to represent the Saboti Constituency in the National Assembly. He served a single five-year parliamentary term in the 10th Parliament. During his tenure as a backbencher, he was a member of the Departmental Committee on Justice and Legal Affairs. He did not defend his parliamentary seat in the 2013 Kenyan general election, opting instead to focus on national party politics and his eventual appointment to the Cabinet.

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