John Harun Mwau (born 24 June 1948) is a Kenyan businessman and politician. He is the former Member of Parliament for Kilome Constituency. He was the first director of the defunct Kenya Anti-Corruption Authority[1] but was removed after a year when a tribunal ruled that he was unfit to hold the office.[2]
Harun Mwau is the founding chairman Party of Independent Candidates of Kenya (PICK) and ran as a Presidential Candidate in the 1992 Kenyan general election.[3] Mwau polled 10,449 votes and later petitioned the High Court to declare him the only validly nominated candidate, as other candidates did not present the list of supporters nominating them using the correct paper size. The case was dismissed by the High Court.[4]
Prior to his career as a politician, he was a sports shooter and competed at the 1968 Summer Olympics and the 1972 Summer Olympics.[5]
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- ^ Kamau, John (7 November 2017). "Mwau: Astute businessman who ruffled Nyachae's feathers". Nation. Retrieved 19 September 2020.
- ^ "John Harun Mwau". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 26 January 2016. Retrieved 30 December 2015.