Kimani Ichungwa Biography

Kimani Ichungwa Biography, Family, Education, and Career History

Kimani Ichungwa biography intimates how he rose from a mali mali trader to the renowned politician of our age. Away from the limelight is a dedicated family man with vast investments in various sectors of the economy, as detailed below.

The Kikuyu Constituency parliamentarian is an accountant by profession with a recent history of abject poverty. He continues to rise leadership and wealth base.

Kimani Ichungwa profile

Real namesAnthony Kimani Ichung’wa
BirthdayApril 6, 1978
Age46 years
TribeKikuyu
CareerAccountant
PositionLawmaker
ConstituencyKiambu
Net worthKsh. 200 million

Kimani Ichungwa biography

Born and raised in Gikambura Village, Karai Location, Kimani grew up with the dream of owning a business empire.

He is the second-lastborn in a family of 13 siblings with a couple of loving parents. Kimani recently joked about growing up in a mud-house working hard as a child to afford a cement house for himself.

Education background

Lawmaker Kimani Ichung’wa attended Kikuyu Township Primary School and later Alliance Boys High School for his secondary education. While at Alliance, Kimani served as a house prefect and senior prefect in charge of discipline.

Childhood dreams of becoming a lawyer faded on falling below the pass mark by only two points. His role models in the learned friends’ fraternity included Gitobu Imanyara.

While waiting to join college, Kimani completed CPA1 at the Kenya College of Accounting (KCA). He eventually graduated from Strathmore University with a degree in accounting.

In 2000, Kimani graduated again from the University of Nairobi with honors degree in Economics and History.

1996 -2000University of NairobiBachelor of Arts Degree (Economics & History)
1995 – 1997Strathmore CollegeCPA-K
1998 – 1999Kenya National Examination Council (KNEC) – Private CandidateDiploma- Banking
1991 – 1994Alliance High SchoolKenya Certificate of Secondary Education (KCSE)
1983 – 1990Kikuyu Township PrimaryKenya Certificate of Primary Education (KCPE)

Career history of Kimani Ichung’wa

On failing to get a job as a banker, Kimani started working as an employee in a shoe company owned by his brother and Ugandan friends.

He eventually joined DiverseyLever, a subsidiary of Unilever. He later resigned to open a butchery on a piece of land allocated to him by his father. Kimani has since diversified his portfolio.

2013 – 2024Kenya National AssemblyMember of Parliament, Kikuyu Constituency
2009 – 2024SAFEXAFRICA LimitedFinance Director
2006 -2008The Standard GroupSenior Accountant – Treasury
2003 – 2006Madison Insurance Company LimitedSenior Accountant
2001 – 2003DiverseyLever East Africa LimitedCash/Management Accountant

The net worth of Ichungwa is about Ksh. 200 million with significant proceeds from his monthly salary of Ksh. 710,000 excluding loyalties.

Kimani Ichungwa wife photos

Is Kimani Ichungwa married? Yes, lawmaker Ichung’wa is happily married to Alice Nyokabi, a colleague banker. The couple is blessed with three kids aged fourteen, twelve, and four.

The life story of Kimani Ichungwa is a typical example of hard-earned success within the political class. Critics on the other hand are still questioning the sources of his wealth.