Eng. John Mtuta Mruttu occupation
Engineer, Politician
About John Mtuta Mruttu
Eng. John Mtuta Mruttu is the current Governor of Taita Taveta County since 2013.
Between March 2010 and December 2012, Eng. Muruttu was the general Manager/COO at Kenya Petroleum Refineries Limited. He was Responsible for running the refinery. He was also responsible for the coordination of the feasibility study for the refinery expansion project.
Between January 2006 and March 2010 he was the General Manager/CEO at Kenya Petroleum Refineries Ltd. He was handling over 220 direct employees supplemented by 400 contract personnel.
KPRL is a capital intensive firm with assets in excess of KSh 5 billion and an annual turnover of Ksh2 billion. As a General Manager, he was responsible to the Board of Directors for the preparation of the annual business plan which includes both the capital and operating expenditure proposals.
From Dec-2003 to Dec 2005, he was the Manufacturing and Deputy General Manager – KPRL. He was responsible for maintenance, production, crude oil scheduling, receipt, and delivery of finished products and interfacing with refinery customers as well as Ministry of Energy.
The divisional strength included 4 Departmental heads, 4 graduates and 8 supervisors. The annual budget is Ksh 800-1000 Million.
From Aug-2000 to Nov 2003 he was the Chief Engineer – KPRL. He was responsible for all engineering activities in the refinery and reported to the General Manager.
The divisional strength included 5 managers, 9 engineers and approximately 40 Supervisors and Technicians.
In addition the function oversees approximately 300-700 contractor personnel and has an annual budget of Ksh 600-900 Million annually.
Eng. John Murutu was floored in the party nominations early in May 2017 and as such he will be vying as an independent candidate.
He will be facing the following: Dan Manzo (Jubilee) Granton Samboja (Wiper), Jacinta Mwatela (ANC), Emmanuel Kisombe (Independent) and Erastus Katani (Independent).
As Governor, John Mruttu has pledged to develop a policy on sustainable water, to develop education policies on pre-primary education, village polytechnics, homecraft centres and childcare facilities, tertiary institutions and universities, to establish broadband through fiber optic cables for schools and businesses, to support the national government in finalizing a standard gauge railway, to negotiate with neighbouring counties to develop water harvesting techniques, to improve, re-engineer and re-design Mombasa road, to negotiate for equitable revenue allocation, to ensure that boundaries are clear and indisputable, to see to it that devolution is fully implemented and to be in the forefront in constitution implementation, legislation and reforms.
Eng. John Mtuta Mruttu Biography
Birth Name: John Mtuta Mruttu
Birth Date: 1 July 1955
Hometown: Taita Taveta, Kenya
Relationship: Married
Eng. John Mtuta Mruttu Family
Wife: Hope Mruttu
Children: Dr Sylvia Mruttu, Theresa Mruttu and Kerry Mruttu.
Eng. John Mtuta Mruttu Affiliation
He exited ODM and is now independent
Eng. John Mtuta Mruttu Alma mater
Kenyatta High School, Taita
BSc Mechanical Engineering - Hons. (University of Nairobi) - 1980
MBA (University of Nairobi) - 2008
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