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Minister
  
Musa Sirma

Profession
  
Advocate

Children
  
Karauni Nkio

Spouse
  
Phoebe Munya


Nationality
  
Kenyan

Role
  
Member of Parliament

Constituency
  
Tigania East

Name
  
Peter Munya

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Alma mater
  
University of Nairobi (LLB) University of Brussels (LLM) University of Georgia (LLM)

Education
  
University of Georgia, University of Nairobi

Similar People
  
Kiraitu Murungi, Isaac Ruto, William Ruto, Aden Duale

Political party
  
Alliance Party of Kenya

Positions
  
Lecturer, Moi University

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Peter Gatirau Munya (born 1969) is a Kenyan politician who served as the first Governor of Meru County, and as the second Chairman of the Council of Governors. He is currently the Party of National Unity (PNU) Leader. He also served as the 2nd Member of Parliament for Tigania East Constituency, Meru County in Central Kenya. The son of Mr. Jackson Munya M'Rukunga and Mrs. Grace Mwakithi; he was born and raised in Muthaara, Meru County.

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He sat for and passed his ‘O’ Levels at Chogoria Boys High School, and proceeded to Meru School for his ‘A’ levels. At Meru School, Hon. Peter Munya was the Chairman of the Debating Club and a winner of the Provincial Public Speaking Competition.

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In 1993 he graduated with a Bachelor of Law degree (LLB Hons), from the University of Nairobi. At the University of Nairobi, Peter Munya was twice elected, in 1992 and 1993, chair of the Kenya Law Students Society (KLLS). Upon graduation, he took up internship at Kamau Kuria and Kiraitu Advocates in Nairobi.

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In January 1995 he went on to the University of Brussels, Belgium, on a Belgium Embassy scholarship. He undertook and attained a master's degree in International Law (International Economic Integration Law). He proceeded to University of Georgia, US, where he attained a second master's degree in Law (Public International Law).

In 1997 he was published in the Boston University International Law Journal, under the title "The Role of the Organization of African Unity in Conflict Resolution and Dispute Settlement in Africa"

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Upon his return to Kenya, he took a job as a Law lecturer at the Kenya School of Professional Studies (KSPS) and Kenya School of Monetary Studies (KSMS).

In 2000 he was appointed a lecturer of Law at Moi University, Eldoret where he taught Law. At Moi University Hon. Peter Munya was published in the Moi University Journal in 2002 under the title, "The Role of the International Court of Justice in Resolving African Disputes: Past, Present and Future Prospects". In 2002 he left Moi University to set up Kimaiyo and Munya Advocates.

In 2002 Peter Munya campaigned for and won the Tigania East parliamentary seat in the then Meru North District. He was subsequently sworn into the 9th Kenyan Parliament on 9 January 2003.

In the 9th Parliament, Hon. Peter Munya founded and chaired Kenya Young Parliamentarians Association with the aim of championing in Parliament, issues affecting Kenya youth. He was also member of the Health Club Management committee and the Parliamentary Investment Committee (PIC) before his appointment to the 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.

In December 2007 Hon. Peter 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 buildingof new ports.

Both as a back-bencher and assistant minister, Hon. Peter Munya distinguished himself as a very able debater with good grasp of the burning issues of the day.

As a Member of Parliament for Tigania East, Hon. Peter Munya has been a champion for social and economic inclusivity of vulnerable sections of the Meru society. He founded the Tigania Women SACCO with the main objective of empowering women economically by enabling them access affordable credit and mobilize savings. The SACCO has enabled women to venture into small-scale businesses and other income generating activities. Women have also accessed entrepreneurship and book keeping skills.

In 2013 General Elections, H.E. Hon. Peter Munya's was elected Meru County Governor on the APK ticket under Jubilee Coalition but his election was nullified by the Court of Appeal in Nyeri on 12 March 2014. He however appealed this ruling at the Supreme Court of Kenya in Nairobi. The Supreme Court quashed the earlier ruling on 31 May 2014, stating that the burden of proof lay on the petitioners, and reinstated him as Governor of Meru.

In May 2015 Governor Peter Munya was elected the chairman of the Council of Governors through consensus

In May 2016 Governor Peter Munya was reelected the Council of Governors chair and vowed to fight for devolution. As the chair of Council of Governors, H.E. Peter Munya launched the The Devolution Torch, a platform with the sole responsibility of providing opportunity for citizens to share the experiences on the success of devolution in Kenya.

In October 2016, Governor Peter Munya was elected the leader of the Party of National Unity at the party's National Delegates Conference in Nairobi. At the same delegates conference PNU also resolved to field candidates in every elective post in the year 2017 elections, except the President.. During the August 8th, 2017 election, Munya was defending his gubernatorial seat against his rival, former Meru County Senator, Kiraitu Murungi. Peter Munya subsequently lost to fieriest rival Kiraitu Murungi. Kiraitu garnered 281,737 votes, against Munya who garnered 232,569. 

Following the disputed 2017 presidential elections where the Supreme Court declared the elections Null and Void, Peter Munya has shifted his political direction from majority Jubilee Party where PNU was an affiliate party, to National Supper Alliance (NASA) led by 1st petitioner of the presidential election Raila Odinga.

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