H.E Mutula Kilonzo Junior CBS, is the second Governor of Makueni County. He was elected to the position in August 2022. He was previously the Senator for Makueni County for nine years between 2013 and 2022. At the Senate, Mutula Junior was the Minority Whip and served as the Vice Chairperson in the Senate Committee on Information, Communication and Technology from 2013 to 2017. He was a member of the Standing Committee on Finance and Budget, and Justice, Legal and Human Rights.
Governor Mutula Junior is an Advocate of the High Court of Kenya and the Supreme Court of Kenya with extensive experience in Criminal, Commercial Law, Family Law, Election Petitions and Conveyance.
He did his law studies at the Nagpur University (Dr, Ambekhar College of Law from 1994 to 1996 and pursued LLB (Bachelor of Laws) then joined Kenya School of Law in 1991 for his Diploma/ Legal training at the Bar and admitted to the Bill of Advocates on 26th April 2001.
He is a member of the Law Society of Kenya , Commonwealth Parliamentary Association, the Commonwealth Lawyers Association, the Law Society of Kenya, the Parliamentary Group for Global Action, the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators, the Chartered Institute of Public Secretaries, and was the managing Partner in the firm of Kilonzo and Company Advocates.
Governor Mutula Junior was conferred with National honours by the President, receiving the Chief of the Order of the Burning Spear (C.B.S) in 2020.