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367:. His term as governor was bogged down by a petition against his win at the Meru High Court and constant wrangles with sitting area MPs who accused him of being a lone ranger and stood with his challenger throughout the electoral petition. As Meru Governor, Munya was credited with running the best up country fire department in the country, second only to the County of
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In the 2013 general elections, Munya was elected Meru County
Governor on the APK ticket under the Jubilee Coalition, but his election was nullified by the Court of Appeal in Nyeri on 12 March 2014. He appealed this ruling at the Supreme Court of Kenya in Nairobi. The Supreme Court quashed the earlier
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Parliament, Munya founded and chaired Kenya Young Parliamentarians Association with the aim of championing in Parliament issues affecting Kenya youth. He was also a member of the Health Club Management committee and the Parliamentary Investment Committee (PIC) before his appointment to the
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October 2016, Munya was elected the leader of the Party of National Unity at the party's National Delegates Conference in Nairobi. At the conference, PNU also resolved to field candidates in every elective post in the year 2017 elections, except president. During the 8 August 2017 election, Munya
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December 2007 Munya was elected for a second consecutive term as the representative for his Tigania East Constituency, and appointed the Assistant Minister, East African Community, where he called for expansion of roads, improvement of existing harbours and building of new ports.
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Council of Governors' chair and vowed to fight for devolution. As the chair, he launched the Devolution Torch, a platform with the sole responsibility of providing opportunity for citizens to share experiences on the success of devolution in Kenya.
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Munya sat for and passed his ‘O’ Levels at
Chogoria Boys High School, and proceeded to Meru School for his ‘A’ levels. At Meru School, he was the Chairman of the Debating Club and a winner of the Provincial Public Speaking Competition.
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Supreme Court declared the presidential elections null and void, Munya, suspecting mischief in his poll loss to former ally turned bitter foe
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Senator, Kiraitu Murungi. He subsequently lost to Murungi, who garnered 281,737 votes, against Munya, who garnered 232,569.
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Tigania East parliamentary seat in the then Meru North District. He was subsequently sworn into the 9th Kenyan Parliament on 9 January 2003.
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government in 2006 as the Assistant Minister, Ministry of Internal Security and Provincial Administration, where he called for stronger laws to curb small arms proliferation.
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ruling on 31 May 2014, stating that the burden of proof lay on the petitioners, and reinstated him as Governor of Meru.
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