Hon. Reuben Gitau alias Njamba is the sitting MCA for Shamata Ward serving his second consecutive term.
He is the Vice Chairperson of County Budget and Appropriations Committee. He is also a member of: Agriculture, Livestock and Fisheries; Public works, Roads, Transport, Housing and Energy and Education, Children, Gender Affairs, Culture and Social Services.
In his first term, he was a member of Budget and Appropriations Committee; Water, Tourism, Environment and Natural Resources Committee; Health Services Committee and Legal Affairs, Labour, Intergovernmental Relations and Coordination.
He holds a Bachelor of Technology (Industrial Chemistry) from the Technical University of Kenya and a Diploma in Analytical Chemistry from the same university. He is a former student of Kaheho primary and secondary schools.
He is married and is a father of one child.