He even felled former ambassador and political heavyweight Kembi Gitura to clinch the Senate seat in 2017.
Kangata has never tasted alcohol and doesn’t smoke despite being a well -known reggae music fan and at one time DJ.
Throughout last week, the Nairobi lawmaker would become an object of political attacks, both on social media.
Senate Majority Whip Irungu Kang’ata thrives in David versus Goliath situations; especially where he’s the David. He became a Sonu leader at 19, a councillor at 22 and Member of Parliament for Kihara at 33.
He even felled former ambassador and political heavyweight Kembi Gitura to clinch the Senate seat in 2017. In 2012, long before he would join politics, Kang'ata also terminated Deputy Chief Justice Nancy Baraza’s career when he represented a security guard, Rebecca Kerubo, who had been threatened by the CJ in an altercation at Village Market.
