John Harun Mwau
John Harun Mwau | |
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| Assistant Minister for Transport | |
| In office 2008–2011 | |
| President | Mwai Kibaki |
| Prime Minister | Raila Odinga |
| Member of the Kenyan Parliament | |
| In office 2008–2012 | |
| Preceded by | John Mutinda Mutiso |
| Succeeded by | Regina Nthambi Muia |
| Constituency | Kilome Constituency |
| 1st Director of the Kenya Anti-Corruption Authority | |
| In office December 1997 – March 1999 | |
| President | Daniel arap Moi |
| Succeeded by | Aaron Ringera |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 24 June 1948 |
| Party | Party of Independent Candidates of Kenya |
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John Harun Mwau (born 24 June 1948) is a Kenyan businessman, politician and former Assistant Minister for Transport in the Kibaki administration. He is the former Member of Parliament for Kilome Constituency.He was the first director of the defunct Kenya Anti-Corruption Authority but was removed after a year when a tribunal ruled that he was unfit to hold the office.
Harun Mwau is the founding chairman Party of Independent Candidates of Kenya (PICK) and ran as a Presidential Candidate in the 1992 Kenyan general election. Mwau polled 10,449 votes and later petitioned the High Court to declare him the only validly nominated candidate, as other candidates did not present the list of supporters nominating them using the correct paper size. The case was dismissed by the High Court.
Prior to his career as a politician, he was a sports shooter and competed at the 1968 Summer Olympics and the 1972 Summer Olympics.