Margaret Wanjiru

Margaret Wanjiru[1] is a Kenyan politician and a Bishop at Jesus is Alive Ministries (JIAM).

She belongs to Jubilee Party after leaving ODM party[2] and was elected to represent the Starehe Constituency in the National Assembly of Kenya since the 2007 Kenyan parliamentary election.

[4] She risked losing her parliamentary seat after a vote recount carried out in 2010 indicated that her opponent Maina Kamanda (PNU) won the election with a clear margin.

[5] As a result, a by-election was held on September 20, 2010, but Wanjiru retained the seat beating Kamanda.

[9] She was diagnosed with COVID-19 pandemic on May 21, 2020, that put her in ICU at Nairobi Hospital.