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Gathoni wa Muchomba, born Peninnah Gathoni Muchomba is a popular Kenyan politician, businesswoman, and former radio presenter. Currently, she is serving as a member of parliament representing his native constituency, Githunguri in Kiambu County.

Gathoni wa Muchomba is a media personality turned politician.

Her influence in the media contributed heavily to her election as a woman representative. Her boldness in expressing what she feels is right has placed her somewhere in the political map. Leaving her political career aside, the Kiambu-born politician is the founder of Utugi TV, a vernacular television that educates farmers on farming. In our feature, we tell the story of Gathoni was Muchomba, the transition from media to politics.

She attended her primary school in Githunguri constituency where she emerged as the top pupil in her district. After that, she enrolled at Makuyu Secondary School and after attaining good grades she joined the University of Nairobi. Her journey in the media industry began when she was still in the University landing a role in KBC radio Kameme FM a vernacular radio which was popular among the Kikuyu community at the time.

Gathoni Wa Muchomba, born Peninah Gathoni Muchomba, is a common face in the Kenyan political space due to her vocal nature.

She went on to create a name for herself in the media industry, becoming a beast at what she did. She was assigned a morning show that ranked in all Kikuyu radio shows. She later left the station for a greener pasture and she was off-air for quite some time before returning to where she started, Kameme Fm. The show became a big thing on the radio and not only that it touched the hearts of many people.

Through the popularity of the show, Gathoni became one of the most famous Kikuyu presenters with massive traffic. She hosted the show for numerous years before taking a career shift from media to politics in After a successful career journey, in she decided to help many in other ways away from the mic. Kenya region she decided to walk that journey with Jubilee Party which was a ruling party at the time.