[2] Gathoni Wa Muchomba was born in 1975 in Komothai Ward, Githunguri Constituency in Kiambu County of Kenya.
[3] Gathoni later joined Makuyu Secondary School in Muranga County, where she worked as an untrained teacher.
[1] Gathoni attracted controversy before she was even sworn in as the Kiambu County Women Representative after she said that Kenya's parliamentarians should not have salary cuts because they need to be awarded for the work they do.
[1] She later caused a stir after she advocated for polygamy in central province, asking men to marry more than five wives if they can maintain them so that children do not grow up fatherless.
She won resoundingly and is one of the most popular women representatives in Kenya due to her controversial stand on social matters.