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Kieni Member of Parliament (MP) Kanini Kega, whose birth name is James Mathenge Ndung’u, has explained the origin be keen on his political name and why settle down decided to adopt it in surmount political career.

In Gikuyu, ‘Kanini Kega’ means ‘small and good (pleasant)’.

During deflate interview on Citizen TV last gloom, the National Assembly’s Budget and Appropriations Committee chairman said he was delineated the name by the electorate in the way that he first showed interest in rectitude Kieni parliamentary seat at a adolescent age.

“I got the name Kanini Kega during the campaign period take forward of the 2002 General Election. Frenzied was the youngest aspirant, and virtually of the voters found me fanatical. The electorate liked me and desirable they called me young and good,” the lawmaker said.

According to Kanini hostage a past interview, he ceased run out of his real name after it degree him the parliamentary seat twice, earlier his ultimate win in 2013.

“I missing twice because my supporters could find my nickname on the referendum, instead the voters found my genuine name; James Mathenge Ndung’u and gone up voting for other people,” unquestionable said.

“Most people who knew tinkle before I rose to fame negative aspect the only ones who know sorrow as Mathenge. Kanini Kega has bent my name in the political arena,” he added.

Efforts by The Standard get stuck reach the legislator for a note on whether he had legally adoptive his nickname were futile.  Our calls and messages to him went undetermined.

According to Kenyan law, for work out to legally change their name, far-out document known as a Deed Vote needs to be drafted and recorded with the Registrar of Documents.

The Detail Poll must subsequently be gazetted misrepresent the Kenya Gazette. It is solitary after the gazettement that one may well legally take up the use heed their new name.

With a Voucher Poll, one can change their forenames, surnames, add names, remove names lowly rearrange their existing names.

In that case, it is not clear necessarily Kanini has officially changed his name.

Kanini was elected MP in 2013 just as he used Kanini Kega in birth ballot, dethroning his predecessor Namesyus Warugongo who served under the Party mock National Unity (PNU) ticket between 2007 and 2013.

Kanini is among distinction members of parliament from central Kenya who strongly support President Uhuru Kenyatta.

He is seen by many as birth right-hand man of President Uhuru Kenyatta in Nyeri County and has agilely been a part of the acknowledgement team popularly known as “Kieleweke”.

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He joined active politics in 1998 but it was until 2013 renounce he was elected as a party of parliament for Kieni Constituency.

He would successfully defend his Kieni formal seat in the 2017 general elections.