Alfred Mutua
Alfred Nganga Mutua | |
|---|---|
| Minister of Labour and Social Protection | |
| Assumed office 8 August 2024 | |
| President | William Ruto |
| Preceded by | Florence Bore |
| Governor of Machakos | |
| In office 27 March 2013 – 25 August 2022 | |
| Deputy | Francis Maliti |
| Minister of Foreign & Diaspora Affairs | |
| In office 27 October 2022 – 5 October 2023 | |
| Succeeded by | Musalia Mudavadi |
| Government Spokesman | |
| In office June 2003 – December 2012 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 22 August 1970 Machakos, Kenya |
| Political party | Maendeleo Chap Chap |
| Alma mater | Whitworth College (BA) Eastern Washington University (MSc) University of Western Sydney (PhD) |
Alfred Nganga Mutua (born 22 August 1970) is a Kenyan journalist and politician who is serving as the Kenyan Minister (Cabinet Secretary) for Labour and Social Protection. He previously served as the Minister for Tourism and Wildlife. Before that he served as the Cabinet Secretary (Minister) for Foreign and Diaspora Affairs under President William Ruto. Mutua was, together with the entire Cabinet members, dismissed from the cabinet in July, 2024 as President William Ruto planned to reorganize his Government. He was one of only 10 of the dismissed members of Cabinet who were reappointed back into Cabinet. Twelve of the dismissed Cabinet members were not reappointed.
Before joining the government, Mutua served as the 1st Governor of Machakos County for two terms, from 2013 to 2017 and from 2018 to 2022. He was Kenya’s first Government Spokesman from June, 2004, during the Presidency of Mwai Kibaki, before resigning in 2012 to run for the Machakos County Gubernatorial seat. He is the founder of the Maendeleo Chap Chap (MCC) Party which was established on 25 August 2016.