Jones Mlolwa Explained

Jones Mwagogo Mlolwa is a Kenyan politician and a member of the 11th parliament of Kenya from Voi Constituency, Taita Taveta County. He was elected on the ticket of Orange Democratic Movement in 2013 defeating the incumbent MP Danson Mwazo Mwakulegwa. In the parliament, Mlolwa served on the Departmental Committee on Finance, Planning and Trade.[1] [2] He was one of the coastal politicians who proposed formation of a Coastal Political Party in 2014 to have a bargaining power with the national government for the benefit of the coastal people. Mlolwa was elected secretary of New Coast Parliamentary Group (CPG) in 2016. He lost his reelection in 2017 and was defeated again in the 2022 parliamentary election by Khamis Chome who polled 9,418 while Mlolwa scored 8,426.[3] [4] [5]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Gachie . Laban Thua . 2016-04-29 . Jones Mlolwa - Biography, MP Voi, Taita Taveta, Wife, Family, Age . 2023-11-18 . Kenyan Life . en-US.
  2. News: 6 August 2019 . Orange Democratic Movement’s (ODM) Voi MP Jones Mlolwa . Kenya News Agency . 18 November 2023.
  3. Web site: 2022-08-12 . Wiper's Chome beats Jubilee's Mlolwa in Voi MP race after four attempts . 2023-11-18 . Nation . en.
  4. Web site: 2014-11-20 . County chiefs hold new talks on boundary dispute - Kenya ReliefWeb . 2023-11-18 . reliefweb.int . en.
  5. Web site: Voi legislator Jones Mlolwa casts vote . 2023-11-18 . The Star . en-KE.