David Musila

David Musila
Senator for Kitui County
Incumbent
Assumed office 28 March 2013- August 2017
Assistant Minister of State for Defence
In office 17 April 2008 – 10 April 2013
Member of Parliament for Mwingi South Constituency
In office 3 February 1998 – 14 January 2013
Succeeded by	(abolished)
Deputy Speaker of the National Assembly of Kenya
In office 9 January 2003 – 22 October 2007
President	Mwai Kibaki
Preceded by	Joab Omino
Succeeded by	Farah Maalim
Personal details
Born	(1943-02-24) 24 February 1943 Kenya
Political party	WDM-K
Children	4
Alma mater	Bishop College (BA)

David Musila (born 24, February 1943) is a Kenyan politician. He belongs to the Wiper Democratic Movement and was elected to represent Mwingi South Constituency in the National Assembly of Kenya in the Kenyan parliamentary election of 1997. In 2013 he was elected as the first senator representing Kitui County.

Career

After graduating from Bishop College, Texas with an Honors degree in Economics and Government in 1968, Musila returned to Kenya and enrolled in the government. He was appointed as District Officer (D.O) and was posted in Nakuru and later Molo. He rose to the position of District Commissioner in 1974 before serving as Deputy Provincial Commissioner in 1978. He was appointed Provincial Commissioner for Central Province by President Daniel Arap Moi in 1979, a post which he retained until 1985, after which he was appointed Director of Tourism in the Ministry of Wildlife and Tourism. He retired from the civil service in 1988. He served as consultant on tourism for the World Tourism Organisation until 2010.

Political life

In 1997 he was elected as a KANU MP and retained his seat after moving to the LDP wing of NARC in 2002. He was re-elected in Mwingi south and elected Deputy-Speaker in the 2003 Parliament and defended his seat in the 2007 elections on a ODM-K ticket. In April 2008 he was appointed as assistant minister of Defence by President Mwai Kibaki where he served until 2013. He was elected as the first senator of Kitui County in the March 4th 2013 by garnering 156,690 votes. In the senate he served in the Senate Committee on Energy, Roads and Transport. Musila also served in the Parliamentary Service Commission as Chairman of Security & Development Committee, member of audit committee of the Commission, Staff Welfare Committee of the Commission. The former senator also served as chairman of Wiper Democratic Movement Kenya until his resignation.

Hon. David Musila is the author of a book titled "Seasons of Hope" that is a written memoir of his life as a public servant.

He is the chairperson of the David Musila foundation.