 Peter Munya served as the governor of Meru County from 27 March 2013 to 18 August 2017, having won the elections of March 2013 narrowly against the Educationist Kilemi Mwiria.His term as governor was bogged down a petition against his win that he won at the Meru High Court and constant wrangles with sitting area MPs who accused him of being a lone ranger and stood with his challenger throughout the electoral petition.As Meru Governor, Peter was credited with running the best up country fire department in the country, second only to the County of Mombasa's.