Kinuthia Murugu was Permanent Secretary

Permanent Secretary

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 of Youth and Sports affairs in Kenya

Kenya

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.

Early life and navy career

As a youth, Murugu participated in Scouting activities while at Starehe Boys Centre and School

Starehe Boys Centre and School

Starehe Boys' Centre and School is a partial-board,boys-only school in Nairobi, Kenya. The school was founded in 1959 by Dr. Geoffrey William Griffin, MBS, OBE, Geoffrey Gatama Geturo and Joseph Kamiru Gikubu. It started as a rescue centre...

. Later he studied at University of Nairobi

University of Nairobi

The University of Nairobi is the largest university in Kenya. Although its history as an educational institution goes back to 1956, it did not become an independent university until 1970 when the University of East Africa was split into three independent universities: Makerere University in...

 and graduated with Bachelors degree in commerce. After university he joined Kenya Navy

Kenya Navy

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, and was once a peacekeeper

Peacekeeping

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 in Yugoslavia

Yugoslavia

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. He attained Major

Major

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's rank and retired from the military in 1996.

Senior career

After military career he worked as the East Africa

East Africa

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n regional General Manager of the shipping company Maersk Sealand . Murugu was the director of World Scout Bureau's Africa Regional Office in Nairobi from 2001 to 2006 . In 2006 Murugu was appointed the Youth and Sports Permanent Secretary at the Kenyan Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports. He subsequently resigned from his position at World Scout Bureau, and Rubina Marivonne Haroon

Rubina Marivonne Haroon

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 of Seychelles

Seychelles

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 became the new regional director . Murugu launched the National Youth Enterprise Fund and the Kazi Kwa Vijana initiatives aimed at reducing unemployment and crime among Kenyan youth .

Personal life

Writing poems was one of his hobbies and he published a poetry collection titled Feelings? Just Feelings? in 2003. He was also the chairman of Old Starehean Society, the alumni organisation of the high school he attended. Murugu left a widow and four sons .

Death

Murugu was carjacked

Carjacking

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 on June 19, 2009 at 3 am in Kilimani

Kilimani

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 estate of Nairobi and the carjackers shot him in the chest injuring him seriously. The carjackers fled the scene . He died of the injuries on July 9, 2009 at Nairobi Hospital

Nairobi Hospital

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 . Only two days before Murugu was carjacked, Professor Peter Kenya of Kenyatta University

Kenyatta University

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was shot dead by carjackers .