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Member of Parliament, Sirisia
Born
1963(63 yrs)
Region
Bungoma
Constituency
Sirisia
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John Koyi Waluke (born 1963) is a Kenyan politician and former Kenya Defence Forces officer who has served as Member of Parliament for Sirisia Constituency in Bungoma County since 2013. He first won the seat on an ODM ticket, later defected to the Jubilee Party, and in the 2022 general election he retained the seat for a third consecutive term on a Jubilee ticket, making him one of the party’s few surviving MPs in a region swept by the UDA wave. Before entering Parliament he served in the military from the early 1980s and later worked in business and public service, including a stint as director at the Coffee Board of Kenya and managing director of a private firm, while steadily building his profile in Bungoma politics. Over the years he has sat on key House committees such as the Public Investments Committee and the Departmental Committee on Administration and National Security, and has been a visible ally of figures such as Moses Wetang’ula and William Ruto in Western Kenya politics. Waluke’s political career has been dominated by a protracted legal battle over a controversial maize supply contract with the National Cereals and Produce Board (NCPB) through the firm Erad Supplies & General Contractors. In June 2020, the Anti-Corruption Court convicted him of fraud-related offences linked to a KSh 313–314 million payment and sentenced him to 67 years in prison or an alternative fine of about KSh 1 billion, a landmark judgment that briefly made him one of the most heavily sentenced sitting MPs in Kenya’s history. He secured bail and pursued a series of appeals: in October 2022 the High Court upheld the conviction and sentence, but in October 2024 the Court of Appeal set aside the 67-year jail term and multibillion shilling fine, ruling that payments made pursuant to a valid court order could not, on that basis alone, constitute fraudulent acquisition of public property. As of November 2025, however, the saga remains unresolved, with the Court of Appeal having recently directed that aspects of the over KSh 1 billion arbitral award and compensation dispute be re-examined by the High Court, ensuring that the maize case continues to shadow his legacy even as he serves his third term in Parliament.
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Member of Parliament for Sirisia (2013-Present)
Former Kenya Army officer
Completed Certificate of Primary Education at Yabeko Primary School in 1973
He was convicted and sentenced to 67 years in prison (or a 1B KES fine) in 2020 over a KES 297 million maize scandal. He was released on bail pending his appeal at the Supreme Court.
In June 2020, John Waluke was convicted and sentenced to 67 years in prison, or a fine of Sh 1 billion, for his involvement in a multi-million shilling fraud scandal at the National Cereals and Produce Board (NCPB). The court found that his company, Erad Supplies and General Contractors, had used a forged invoice to fraudulently claim Sh 297 million for undelivered maize storage services.
In October 2024, the Court of Appeal overturned Waluke's conviction and sentence, ruling that the prosecution had failed to adequately differentiate between legitimate funds and those allegedly acquired through corruption. Subsequently, in November 2025, the Court of Appeal ordered the reopening of civil proceedings related to the arbitration award involved in the case, casting further legal doubt on his efforts to secure financial compensation from the NCPB.
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Completed East Africa Certificate of Education at Sirisia Secondary School in 1978
Served in the Kenya Defence Forces starting in the early 1980s
Earned a Diploma in Marketing and Management from the Kenya Institute of Management in 1998
Served as a Director at the Coffee Board of Kenya from 2008 to 2011
Earned a Higher Diploma in Business Management from the Kenya Institute of Management in 2008
Elected as the Member of Parliament for Sirisia Constituency in 2013
Served as a member of the Public Investments Committee from 2013 to 2017
Graduated with a Bachelor of Science in Criminal Justice System from Mt. Kenya University in 2017
Re-elected as the Member of Parliament for Sirisia Constituency in 2017
Appointed Vice Chair of the Departmental Committee on Administration and National Security in 2017
Re-elected as the Member of Parliament for Sirisia Constituency in 2022
Serves as the Jubilee Party chairperson for Bungoma County