Little Known Facts About Governor Mutua's Wife

Alfred Mutua is the current governor of Machakos County and the former government spokesperson during the former President Mwai Kibaki's regime.

Despite Mutua being well known, little is known about his wife, Lilian Wambui Ng'ang'a, who accompanies him to most public functions that he attends.

Lilian who is not as vocal as her husband has been working behind the scenes to ensure that the electorate that sent her husband to the office got the value for their votes.

In an interview with The Standard''Eve Woman' Lilian stated that having been raised in a rural setting, she used to go to school on foot during her primary education where she performed well to earn a position at Loreto Kiambu Girls High school.

She then joined the University of Nairobi where she undertook a course in front office, tourism and hospitality which landed her a job at the Safari Park Hotel.

She left her hotel work after a year and was employed by the Kenya Airways where she then worked for the next six years of her life.

At one point in her life, she tried modelling and that did not go so well as she gave up on it after just a few months just like the beauty parlour that she had opened.

She then started a tour company that she owns to date and attributes its success to the fact that it was what she studied and also her love for the subject.

Lilian revealed that she met her husband, Governor Mutua, in March 2011, and they became close friends. Their friendship developed and the two fell in love and eventually married

On June 21, she graduated from The Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology with a Master of Science degree in Project Management.

The County First Ladies Association (CFLA), lists several activities that Lilian has spearheaded since Governor Mutua's first tenure in 2013.

Among them is a cancer awareness campaign where thousands of Machakos residents have been screened over the years. The screening continues to be offered, for free, in more than half of our health centres all year round.

Her efforts were recognised when she was awarded the 2015/2016 Cancer Champion Award by HELD Sisters Foundation and was also voted Cancer Ambassador of the Year 2017 by Eddah’s Hope Cancer Foundation.

She also runs a Children’s Welfare Program that has over the years seen all registered homes receive adequate food supplies,  payment of school fees for over 250 kids, donations of 800 beds, 1327 mattresses and 1200 pairs of bedsheets.

For the sake of the girl child in her county, Lilian registered “The Lillian Ng'ang'a Foundation” in 2016 and by 2017 had donated 3,684 sanitary towels and 3,254 innerwear to school-going girls in the County.

Each girl receives 2 dozens of sanitary towels and 1 dozen of inner-wear.