94 Notable alumni of
University of Nairobi
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The University of Nairobi is 731st in the world, 16th in Africa, and 1st in Kenya by aggregated alumni prominence. Below is the list of 94 notable alumni from the University of Nairobi sorted by their wiki pages popularity. The directory includes famous graduates and former students along with research and academic staff.
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Iman
- Occupations
- autobiographeractortelevision actorentrepreneurmodel
- Biography
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Iman Mohamed Abdulmajid, known mononymously as Iman, is a Somali-American model and actress. A muse of the designers Gianni Versace, Thierry Mugler, Calvin Klein, Donna Karan, and Yves Saint Laurent, she is also noted for her philanthropic work. She was married to musician David Bowie from 1992 until his death in 2016.
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William Ruto
- Occupations
- businesspersonpolitician
- Biography
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William Kipchirchir Samoei Arap Ruto CGH is a Kenyan politician who is the fifth and current president of Kenya since 13 September 2022. Prior to becoming president, he served as the first elected deputy president of Kenya from 2013 to 2022. He previously served in three cabinet portfolios as the Minister for Home Affairs, the Minister of Agriculture and as Minister for Higher Education.
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Chris Coons
- Occupations
- businesspersonpoliticianlawyer
- Biography
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Christopher Andrew Coons is an American lawyer and politician serving since 2010 as the senior United States senator from Delaware. A member of the Democratic Party, Coons served as the county executive of New Castle County from 2005 to 2010.
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Wangari Muta Maathai
- Enrolled in the University of Nairobi
- Studied in 1971
- Occupations
- teacherpolitician
- Biography
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Wangarĩ Maathai was a Kenyan social, environmental, and political activist who founded the Green Belt Movement, an environmental non-governmental organization focused on the planting of trees, environmental conservation, and women's rights. In 2004 she became the first African woman to win the Nobel Peace Prize.
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Malik Obama
- Occupations
- businesspersonpolitician
- Biography
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Abon'go Malik "Roy" Obama is a Kenyan-American businessman and former political candidate known for being the paternal half-brother of 44th president of the United States, Barack Obama, and the eldest son of economist Barack Obama Sr.
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PLO Lumumba
- Years
- 1962-.. (age 63)
- Occupations
- lawyer
- Biography
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Patrick Loch Otieno Lumumba is a Kenyan lawyer and activist. He is the director of the Kenya School of Law and served as the director of the Kenya Anti-Corruption Commission from July 2010 to August 2017.
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Musalia Mudavadi
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Wycliffe Musalia Mudavadi is a Kenyan politician and land economist who is currently serving as Prime Cabinet Secretary of Kenya, and since 2023, in an expanded role of Foreign & Diaspora Affairs cabinet secretary of Kenya. As of 1 November 2024, he is also serving as the cabinet secretary in the ministry of interior, albeit in an acting capacity, succeeding Prof. Kithure Kindiki who was appointed Deputy president following the impeachment of Rigathi Gachagua. He is a former party leader of the Amani National Congress (ANC), one of the founding political parties, of the Kenya Kwanza alliance.
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Kalonzo Musyoka
- Years
- 1953-.. (age 72)
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Stephen Kalonzo Musyoka is a Kenyan politician who was the tenth Vice-President of Kenya from 2008 to 2013. Musyoka served in the government under the late President Daniel arap Moi as the Secretary of Kenya African National Union party (1980-1988), Assistant Minister for Works (1986-1988), Deputy Speaker of the National Assembly (1988-1992), Minister for Foreign Affairs from 1993 until 1998, Minister of Education (1998-2001); and subsequently, under the late President Mwai Kibaki, he was Minister of Foreign Affairs again from 2003 to 2004, then Minister of the Environment from 2004 to 2005. He was an unsuccessful candidate in the 2007 presidential election, after which he was appointed vice-president by Kibaki in January 2008.
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Fred Matiangi
- Occupations
- civil servant
- Biography
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Fred Okengo Matiang'i is a Kenyan and former Cabinet Secretary for the Ministry of Interior and Coordination of National Government. He assumed office on 8 July 2017 on acting capacity after the death of Joseph Ole Nkaissery, making him hold two cabinet positions concurrently, that is in the ministry of Interior and Coordination of National Government and Education, Science and Technology. He took up the full position of cabinet secretary for Internal Security and Coordination of National Government after being appointed by President Uhuru Kenyatta in January 2018 in the president's second comprehensive cabinet appointments. On 22 January 2019, President Uhuru Kenyatta, through Executive Order Number 1 in 2019, appointed him chairperson of the National Development Implementation and Communication Cabinet Committee. The committee is composed of all Cabinet Secretaries, The Attorney-General and the Head of the Public Service who acts as the secretariat.
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Martha Karua
- Occupations
- juristpolitician
- Biography
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Martha Wangari Karua is a Kenyan politician. She is a former long-standing member of parliament for Gichugu Constituency and an Advocate of the High Court of Kenya. She was Minister for Justice until resigning from that position in April 2009. She has consistently fought for the protection of women's rights and improvements to the democratic process.
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Ferdinand Omurwa
- Occupations
- athletics competitor
- Biography
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Ferdinand Omanyala Omurwa is a Kenyan sprinter competing in the 60 metres, 100 m and 200 m. In 2022, he won his first international championships, with victories in the 100 m at the Commonwealth Games, and African Championships in Athletics. Omanyala is the African record holder and the ninth-fastest man of all time in the event after clocking a time of 9.77 seconds on 18 September 2021 in Nairobi. He also holds the Kenyan national record in the 60 m.
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James Orengo
- Years
- 1951-.. (age 74)
- Occupations
- lawyerpolitician
- Biography
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James Aggrey Bob Orengo is a Kenyan lawyer, a human rights activist and politician who is the current governor for Siaya County. He is also one of the few Kenyan lawyers who have attained the professional grade of Senior counsel in the legal field, a title that he earned during the Kibaki administration.
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Anne Waiguru
- Years
- 1971-.. (age 54)
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Anne Mumbi Waiguru, EGH, is the second Governor of Kirinyaga County in Kenya, who has been in office since 22 August 2017.
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James Mwangi
- Occupations
- businesspersonbankeraccountant
- Biography
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James Mwangi CBS is a Kenyan accountant, career banker, businessman, and entrepreneur. He is the current Group Managing Director and Group Chief Executive Officer of Equity Group Holdings Plc, the banking conglomerate with one of the largest customer bases on the African continent, over 14 million as of December 2019.
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David Maraga
- Occupations
- lawyerjudge
- Biography
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David Kenani Maraga is a Kenyan lawyer and jurist. He was the 14th Chief Justice and President of the Supreme Court of Kenya from October 2016 until his retirement in January 2021.
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Mutahi Kagwe
- Years
- 1958-.. (age 67)
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Mutahi Kagwe is a Kenyan politician.
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Monica Juma
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Monica Kathina Juma CBS, EGH, MBS is a Kenyan diplomat who currently serves as National Security Advisor to President William Ruto. She previously served as the Cabinet Secretary for Defence in the cabinet of President Uhuru Kenyatta.
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Martha Koome
- Occupations
- lawyerjudge
- Biography
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Martha Karambu Koome is a Kenyan advocate who is currently serving as the chief justice of Kenya and is the first woman to occupy the post.
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Ida Odinga
- Occupations
- First Lady
- Biography
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Ida Betty Odinga is a Kenyan businesswoman, activist and educator. She is the wife of Raila Odinga, the former Prime Minister of Kenya, and the leader of National Super Alliance (NASA). In 2010, The Standard named Odinga, who was one of the first women to head a major Kenyan company, as one of the top most powerful women in Kenya in 2010.
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Eugene Wamalwa
- Years
- 1969-.. (age 56)
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Eugene Wamalwa is a Kenyan politician who was the former Cabinet Secretary of the Ministry of Defense. Prior to that before 29 September 2021, he was Cabinet Secretary of Devolution. He is also a former minister for Justice. He also served as Minister for Water and Irrigation. He belongs to the Azimio la Umoja - One Kenya Coalition Party, and was elected to represent the Saboti Constituency in the National Assembly of Kenya during the 2007 Kenyan parliamentary election, and served for one term of five years.
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Lucy Gichuhi
- Occupations
- politiciancivil servantlawyeraccountantauditor
- Biography
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Lucy Muringo Gichuhi is an Australian politician who served as a Senator for South Australia from 2017 to 2019. Born in Kenya, Gichuhi worked as an accountant before entering politics. Gichuhi is a social conservative who has been vocally opposed to the legalization of same-sex marriage.
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Avril
- Occupations
- actorsinger
- Biography
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Judith Nyambura Mwangi, who is better known as Avril, is a Kenyan singer, songwriter, actress and entrepreneur. She was formerly signed to Ogopa Deejays, one of the leading music production and record labels in Kenya. As a singer, she is known for the singles "Mama", "Kitu Kimoja", "Chokoza" and "Hakuna Yule". As an actress, she is best known for playing Miss B'Have on Shuga: Love, Sex, Money (2012). Avril's contributions to the Kenyan entertainment industry have earned her one Nzumari Award, one Kisima Music Award, one Golden Mic Award and two Chaguo La Teeniez Awards.
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Willy Munyoki Mutunga
- Occupations
- lawyerjudge
- Biography
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Willy Munyoki Mutunga, EGH is a Kenyan lawyer, intellectual, reform activist, and was the Commonwealth Special Envoy to the Maldives. He is also an active member of the Justice Leadership Group. He is the retired Chief Justice of Kenya and President of the Supreme Court of Kenya.
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Peter Kenneth
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Peter Kenneth is a Kenyan politician. He hails from Kirwara Sub-location of Gatanga Constituency in Murang'a County, Kenya.
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Justin Muturi
- Years
- 1956-.. (age 69)
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Justin Bedan Njoka Muturi is a former Attorney General of Kenya who served as the seventh Speaker of the National Assembly of Kenya from 2013 to 2022. He is the first speaker to serve following the reestablishment of a bicameral Parliament by the 2010 Constitution. On 28 March 2013, Muturi won the speakership after a second round of voting by members of the National Assembly, beating former speaker Kenneth Marende by a 219–129 margin. He is currently serving as the Cabinet Secretary for Public Service and Human Capital Development under the July 2024 re-constituted Cabinet of H.E. President William Ruto
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Evans Kidero
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Evans Odhiambo Kidero is a Kenyan politician and former Governor of Nairobi County. He was CEO of Mumias Sugar Company for 8 years, resigning in 2012 to join elective politics.
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Apolo Nsibambi
- Years
- 1940-2019 (aged 79)
- Enrolled in the University of Nairobi
- Graduated with Doctor of Philosophy
- Occupations
- university teacherpolitician
- Biography
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Apolo Robin Nsibambi was a Ugandan academic and politician who served as the 8th Prime Minister of Uganda from 5 April 1999 until 24 May 2011, when Amama Mbabazi succeeded him.
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Margaret Ogola
- Occupations
- physician writerpediatrician
- Biography
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Margaret Atieno Ogola was a Kenyan Catholic novelist who wrote The River and the Source and its sequel, I Swear by Apollo.
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Kipchumba Murkomen
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Onesimus Kipchumba Murkomen is a Kenyan lawyer and politician serving as the Cabinet Secretary for Ministry of Interior and National Administration. He is also the former Cabinet Secretary for Youth Affairs, Creative Economy and Sports and also former cabinet secretary for Roads, Transport, and Public Works in Kenya. Murkomen is an Advocate of the High Court of Kenya and a three-time elected Senator of Elgeyo Marakwet County.
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Rebecca Miano
- Occupations
- lawyerbusinessperson
- Biography
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Rebecca Miano is a Kenyan lawyer and a continental business leader, currently serving as Cabinet Secretary for Tourism and Wildlife. She previously served as the Cabinet Secretary for Investments, Trade & Industry from October 2023 to July 2024. She is a former Cabinet Secretary for East African Community, the ASALs and Regional Development.Before joining Cabinet, she was the Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer of KenGen Plc., the largest producer of electricity in the East African region from November 2017. She was confirmed on 1 November 2017, having served in acting capacity since August 2017.
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Davis Chirchir
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Davis Chirchir is a Kenyan politician who is currently serving as Cabinet Secretary for Roads and Transport. He previously served as Cabinet Secretary for Energy and Petroleum in the Uhuru Kenyatta Administration from 2017 to 2022 and in the William Ruto Government from 2022 to 2024.
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Wycliffe Oparanya
- Occupations
- accountantpolitician
- Biography
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Wycliffe Ambetsa Oparanya is a kenyan politician who is the current Cabinet Secretary for Cooperatives and MSMEs. He previously served as the governor of Kakamega County from 2013 to 2022.
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Githu Muigai
- Years
- 1960-.. (age 65)
- Occupations
- lawyerpublic prosecutor general
- Biography
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Githu Muigai is a Kenyan lawyer who was the Attorney General of the Republic of Kenya until February 13, 2018, when he resigned. He holds a bachelor's degree in law from the University of Nairobi, a master's degree in international law from Columbia University School of Law, and was awarded a doctoral degree in law in November 2002. Prior to becoming Attorney General Githu Muigai served in the defunct Constitution of Kenya Review Commission and at the United Nations as Special Rapporteur on contemporary forms of racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia and related intolerance.
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Peter Munya
- Years
- 1969-.. (age 56)
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Peter Gatirau Munya is the immediate former Cabinet Secretary of Kenya's Ministry of Agriculture. He took over the ministry on 14 January 2020 after being transferred from the Ministry of Trade and Industrialization. He also served in the same capacity in the ministry of East African Community and Northern Corridor Development.
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Henry Rotich
- Years
- 1969-.. (age 56)
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Henry K. Rotich is a Kenyan civil servant who was nominated by President Uhuru Kenyatta as Cabinet Secretary for the National Treasury on 23 April 2013. On 14 January 2020, Rotich, who had been arrested on charges of corruption, was removed from this position.
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Joseph Ole Lenku
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Joseph Jama Ole Lenku is a Kenyan politician who is the second Governor of Kajiado County after winning in the Kenyan General Elections on 8 August 2017 and retained his seat in the 2022 General elections held on 8 August. Lenku was Cabinet Secretary for Interior and Coordination of National Government from 2013 to 2014.
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Njoki Susanna Ndung'u
- Enrolled in the University of Nairobi
- Graduated with Bachelor of Laws
- Occupations
- lawyerjudge
- Biography
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Njoki Susanna Ndung'u is a Kenyan lawyer and a justice of the Supreme Court of Kenya. She holds a Bachelor of Laws from University of Nairobi and a Master of Laws (LLM) in human rights and civil liberties from the University of Leicester in the United Kingdom. She was born in 1966.
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Francis Omondi Ogolla
- Occupations
- military officerfighter pilot
- Biography
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General Francis Omondi Ogolla was a Kenyan military officer who served from April 2023 to April 2024 as the Chief of Defence Forces (CDF) of the Kenya Defence Forces (KDF).
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Sylvia Mulinge
- Occupations
- businesspersonchief executive officer
- Biography
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Sylvia Wairimu Mulinge, is a Kenyan businesswoman and corporate executive. Since 1 October 2022, she has served as the chief executive officer of MTN Uganda, replacing Wim Vanhelleputte, who was promoted to regional executive responsible for operations in Congo-Brazzaville, Guinea-Bissau, Guinea-Conakry and Liberia.
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Njuguna Ndung'u
- Occupations
- bankereconomist
- Biography
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Njuguna S. Ndung'u is a Kenyan economist who is the ex-Minister of Finance in the cabinet of President William Samoei Ruto from October 2022 to July 2024.
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Millie Grace Akoth Odhiambo
- Years
- 1966-.. (age 59)
- Occupations
- lawyerpolitician
- Biography
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Millie Grace Akoth Odhiambo Mabona is a Kenyan politician. She originally trained as a lawyer, and has been a member of parliament since 2008. She was first nominated and later elected as a Member of Suba North Constituency.
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Aden Mohammed
- Occupations
- entrepreneur
- Biography
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Adan Abdulla Mohammed is a prominent Kenyan banker and entrepreneur. He previously served as the managing director of Barclays Bank in East and West Africa. In 2013, he was sworn in as the Cabinet Secretary for Industrialization of Kenya.
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Cecilia Ogwal
- Occupations
- businesspersonmanagement consultantpolitician
- Biography
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Cecilia Barbara Atim Ogwal was a Ugandan politician, businesswoman and management consultant. She was the Member of Parliament for the Dokolo District Women's Constituency. She was a member of Uganda's legislature continuously from 1996 until her death.
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Matia Kasaija
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Matia Kasaija is a Ugandan politician. He is the current Minister of Finance in Uganda's Cabinet. He was appointed to that position on 1 March 2015, replacing Maria Kiwanuka, who was appointed to Senior Presidential Advisor for Finance. From 27 May 2011 until 28 February 2015, he served as the State Minister for Finance (Planning) in the Cabinet of Uganda. He replaced Ephraim Kamuntu, who was promoted to Minister of Tourism. Before that, he served as the State Minister for Internal Affairs, from 1 June 2006 until May 2011. He is also the elected Member of Parliament for "Buyanja County", Kibaale District.
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Maina Kiai
- Occupations
- lawyerhuman rights activist
- Biography
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Maina Kiai is a Kenyan lawyer and human rights activist who formerly served as the United Nations Special Rapporteur on the rights to freedom of peaceful assembly and of association from May 1, 2011, to April 30, 2017. Between 2018 and 2024, he headed Human Rights Watch's Alliances and Partnerships program.
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James Wainaina Macharia
- Years
- 1959-.. (age 66)
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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James Wainaina Macharia is a Kenyan accountant who was nominated by President Uhuru Kenyatta as Cabinet Secretary for transport in November 2015.He replaced in acting capacity Michael kamau who was suspended in March 2015. Before that he was the cabinet secretary for health..
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David Ethuro
- Years
- 1963-.. (age 62)
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Ekwee David Ethuro is a Kenyan politician. Currently he is the Chairperson of the Higher Education Loans Board (HELB). He was elected as the first Speaker of the modern Kenyan Senate on 28 March 2013. From 1998 to 2013 he served as a Member of Parliament representing Turkana Central. He also served as the Assistant Minister for Planning and National Development from 1998 to 2002 under the government of President Daniel arap Moi. He was re-elected as Member of Parliament for Turkana Central in the 2007 general elections and steered the proceedings of the 10th Parliament in the position of acting Speaker of the House whenever the Speaker and the Deputy Speaker were absent.
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Kenneth Marende
- Occupations
- lawyerpolitician
- Biography
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Kenneth Otiato Marende is the former Speaker of the National Assembly of Kenya's 10th Parliament. He was elected Speaker on January 15, 2008. Prior to his election as Speaker, Hon. Marende served as the MP for Emuhaya constituency, from 2002 to 2007. Marende was a candidate for Speaker of the National Assembly of Kenya's 13th Parliament, but was defeated by former Bungoma senator Moses Wetangula who garnered 215 votes ahead of Marende who managed 130.
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Philomena Mbete Mwilu
- Occupations
- lawyerjudge
- Biography
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Philomena Mbete Mwilu is a Kenyan lawyer and judge, who has served as the Deputy Chief Justice of Kenya and Vice President of the Supreme Court of Kenya since 28 October 2016. Following the retirement of Chief Justice David Maraga, and before Martha Koome was appointed as the Chief Justice, she served as Acting Chief Justice and President of the Supreme Court of Kenya from 11 January 2021 to 19 May 2021, making her the first woman to hold that office.
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Robinson Njeru Githae
- Years
- 1957-.. (age 68)
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Robinson Njeru Githae is a Kenyan politician. He belongs to the Party of National Unity and was elected to represent the Ndia Constituency in the National Assembly of Kenya since the Kenyan parliamentary election, 2002. He has served as assistant minister in the ministries of justice, transport and local government before being appointed a minister in the ministries of Nairobi Metropolitan then Kenya's finance minister. He was appointed by President Uhuru Kenyatta as Kenya- US ambassador on 14/08/2014. He was later transferred to Vienna in May 2019 as Kenya’s ambassador to Austria where he is currently serving.
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Jacob Kaimenyi
- Years
- 1952-.. (age 73)
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Jacob Thuranira Kaimenyi is a Kenyan dentist who served as Cabinet Secretary for Education, and then Land, Housing, and Urban Development, in the Cabinet of President Uhuru Kenyatta, before being appointed as the Ambassador to Belgium.
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Anthony Muheria
- Occupations
- Catholic priestCatholic bishop
- Biography
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Anthony Muheria is a Kenyan Catholic bishop who serves as Archbishop of the Archdiocese of Nyeri. He was appointed Archbishop of Nyeri on 23 April 2017.
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Ahmed Issack Hassan
- Years
- 1970-.. (age 55)
- Occupations
- lawyer
- Biography
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Ahmed Issack Hassan is a Kenyan lawyer and public servant.
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Felix Koskei
- Years
- 1964-.. (age 61)
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Felix Kipatarus Koskei is a Kenyan who is currently the Head of Public Service in President Ruto government.
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Dorcas Muthoni
- Occupations
- businesspersoncomputer scientistengineer
- Biography
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Dorcas Muthoni is a Kenyan entrepreneur, computer scientist and founder of OPENWORLD LTD, a software consulting company she started at the age of 24. Through her work as an entrepreneur and computer scientist, Muthoni seeks to see technology positively transforming the lives of the African society, governments and enterprises.
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Joyce Aluoch
- Occupations
- lawyerjudge
- Biography
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Joyce Aluoch is a Kenyan lawyer who served as Judge of the International Criminal Court from 2009 until 2018. She is a former judge of the High Court of Kenya. In addition to her career as a judge, she was the First Chairperson of the Committee of African Union Experts on the Rights and Welfare of the Child and the Vice-Chairperson of the United Nations Committee on the Rights of the Child from 2003 to 2009. She has also served as the inaugural head of the family division of the Kenyan High Court and a member of the Court of Appeal.
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Patrick Njoroge
- Occupations
- economist
- Biography
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Patrick Ngugi Njoroge is a Kenyan economist, banker and the ninth governor of the Central Bank of Kenya.
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Phyllis Omido
- Occupations
- environmentalist
- Biography
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Phyllis Omido, dubbed the "East African Erin Brockovich", is a Kenyan environmental activist. She was one of 6 people to be awarded the Goldman Environmental Prize in 2015. She is known for organizing protests against a lead smelting plant located in the middle of Owino Uhuru, a slum near Mombasa. The plant was causing lead poisoning by raising the lead content in the environment, killing residents, in particular children, and harming others, including her own child. The plant was ultimately closed.
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Christopher Obure
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Christopher Mogere Obure is a Kenyan politician. He belongs to the Orange Democratic Movement and was elected to represent the Bobasi Constituency in the National Assembly of Kenya in the December 2007 parliamentary election. He was born in Boigesa Village on 29 September 1943. He worked for Bata Shoe Company and Kenya Breweries Limited (now East Africa Breweries) before joining politics. He was the Minister of Public Works in the Government of National Unity. He was the first Senator of Kisii County. Obure is also well remembered as the first non-Luo player to be recruited in Gor Mahia F.C, and was among the squad which played during the club's inaugural season in 1968 and 1969.
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Miriam Were
- Occupations
- physicianacademicuniversity teachernovelistwriter
- Biography
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Miriam Khamadi Were is a Kenyan public health advocate, academic, and recipient of the first Hideyo Noguchi Africa Prize. In 2022, she has been nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize for her work in public health.
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Mohamed Abdi Affey
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Amb. Mohamed Abdi Affey is a Kenyan politician who is currently serving as the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) Special Envoy for the Horn of Africa and former UNHCR Special Envoy to the Somalia Refugee situation. Before joining UNHCR, Affey was the IGAD'S Special Envoy to Somalia and a member of Parliament for Wajir South Constituency (1997-2002). He also served as a nominated member of parliament (2008-2013) for ODM-Kenya, Kenya's Ambassador to Somalia (2003-2007) and Deputy Minister of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Kenya (1997-2002).
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Franklin Bett
- Years
- 1953-.. (age 72)
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Franklin Kipn'getich Bett alias is a Kenyan politician. He is the chairman of the Agricultural Finance Corporation (AFC) after President Uhuru Kenyatta appointed him to the position. He belongs to the Jubilee Alliance Party and was elected to represent the Bureti Constituency in the National Assembly of Kenya in the Kenyan parliamentary election, 2007.
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Michael Kamau
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Michael Kamau is a Kenyan civil servant who was nominated by President Uhuru Kenyatta as Cabinet Secretary for Transport and Infrastructure on 25 April 2013. He was suspended from the Cabinet on 28 March 2015 on allegations of corruption and charged in court with abuse of office on 4 June 2015. He was replaced by James Macharia in an acting capacity.
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Sabina Wanjiru Chege
- Years
- 1978-.. (age 47)
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Sabina Wanjiru Chege is a Kenyan politician and former television actress and radio presenter who is a member of the Kenyan Parliament.
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Alice Wairimu Nderitu
- Occupations
- analystmediator
- Biography
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Alice Wairimu Nderitu is a Kenyan mediator who formerly served as the United Nations Special Adviser on the Prevention of Genocide under United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres from 2020 to 2024.
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Hassan Arero
- Years
- 1970-.. (age 55)
- Occupations
- anthropologistpolitician
- Biography
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Hassan Gurach Wario Arero is a Kenyan civil servant and politician, who has been Kenyan Ambassador to Austria since 2018. He was Cabinet Secretary for Sports, Culture, and the Arts of Kenya from 2013 to 2018.
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Moses Wetangula
- Years
- 1956-.. (age 69)
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Moses Masika Wetang'ula, is the current Speaker of the National Assembly of Kenya, and leader of the FORD-Kenya, one of the most popular political parties in Western Kenya. He served as Kenya's Minister for Foreign Affairs from 2008 to 2010 and from 2011 to 2012, and as Minister for Trade from 2012 to 2013.
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Tracie D. Hall
- Occupations
- writerlibrarian
- Biography
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Tracie D. Hall is an American librarian, author, curator, and advocate for the arts who served as the executive director of the American Library Association from 2020 to 2023. Hall is the first African American woman to lead the association since its founding in 1876.
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Esther Koimett
- Occupations
- banker
- Biography
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Esther Koimett, is a Kenyan public-servant experienced in investment promotion, banking, privatisation, public enterprise and public policy. She has served as the Principal Secretary State Department Of Broadcasting And Telecommunication, Ministry of ICT, Innovation and Youth Affairs since her appointment by former president Uhuru Kenyatta in January 2020. Prior to her appointment in the ICT docket, Koimett served as the Principal Secretary, State Department for Transport, Ministry of Transport, Infrastructure,Housing, Urban Development & Public Works since her appointment in August 2018.
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Chelagat Mutai
- Occupations
- politicianactivist
- Biography
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Philomena Chelagat Mutai was a prominent female Kenyan politician and human rights defender known for her bold utterances in and outside the Parliament of Kenya. Popularly known as 'Chelagat Mutai', she started out as a vocal student activist and journalist, later joining elective politics early in her life and becoming a fierce critic of the Kenya government.
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Rosalyn Nandwa
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Rosalyn Waseka Nandwa is a Kenyan politician who is the current deputy chief of staff to the deputy president of Kenya William Ruto and chief of staff to the second lady Rachel Ruto.
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Erastus J. O. Mwencha
- Occupations
- diplomatpolitician
- Biography
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Erastus J.O. Mwencha is a Kenyan businessman who served as a Secretary-General of the Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa and former Deputy Chairperson of the African Union Commission, to which he was elected on February 6, 2008. On January 30, 2017, he was succeeded as Deputy Chairperson of the AU Commission by Ghana diplomat Thomas Kwasi Quartey.
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Alice Wahome
- Years
- 1959-.. (age 66)
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Alice Muthoni Wahome is a Kenyan politician. She served as cabinet secretary for Lands, Public Works, Housing and Urban Development. Wahome was the elected as Member of Parliament for the Kandara Constituency in the March 2013 general elections and successfully defended her seat in 2017 and 2022 prior to resigning her seat to join cabinet. Wahome is a member of UDA. She was later dismissed as a cabinet secretary in July 2024.
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Vincent Makori
- Years
- 20th Century
- Occupations
- journalist
- Biography
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Vincent Makori is Managing Editor Television at Voice America and host of VOA’s weekly TV interview program Straight Talk Africa. Voice of America’s English television live news magazine show that broadcasts daily from Washington D.C. The program brings information about Africa, the United States, and the world to viewers across Africa.
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Judy Thongori
- Years
- 1965-2025 (aged 60)
- Occupations
- lawyer
- Biography
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Judy Thongori was a Kenyan lawyer and rights activist. She was a women's rights activist, and she successfully sued the Kenyan government for not delivering 30% representation for women.
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Sam Cheptoris
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Sam Mangusho Cheptoris is a Ugandan politician. He is the Cabinet Minister of Water and Environment in the Cabinet of Uganda. He was appointed to that position on 6 June 2016. In 2021 he was elected as member of parliament for Kapchorwa Municipality.
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Dorothy Wanja Nyingi
- Occupations
- ichthyologistzoologist
- Biography
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Dorothy Wanja Nyingi is a Kenyan ichthyologist and recipient of the Ordre des Palmes académiques (Order of Academic Palms) for her work on Fish Biodiversity and Aquatic Ecology. She is the head of the Ichthyology Department at the National Museums of Kenya. She is the author of the first guide to fresh water fish in Kenya, Guide to the Common Freshwater Fishes of Kenya. She is a Kenyan freshwater ecologist focusing on community driven conservation
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Fredros O Okumu
- Born in
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Kenya - Occupations
- parasitologistentomologist
- Biography
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Fredros Okumu is a Kenyan parasitologist and entomologist, who currently works as director of science at the Ifakara Health Institute in Tanzania. His primary research interests concern the interactions between humans and mosquitoes.
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Nanjira Sambuli
- Occupations
- researcheractivist
- Biography
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Nanjira Sambuli is a Kenyan researcher, writer, policy analyst and strategist interested in and working on understanding the unfolding, gendered impacts of ICT adoption on governance, media, entrepreneurship and culture.
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Simon Mulongo
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Simon Mulongo is a Ugandan financial advisor, international relations specialist, security consultant and politician. He is the former member of parliament and CA delegate for Bubulo County East, Bugisu sub-region and is a member of National Resistance Movement (NRM), the ruling political party in Uganda.
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Mary M'Mukindia
- Years
- 1950-.. (age 75)
- Occupations
- chemist
- Biography
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Mary M'Mukindia MBS is a Kenyan businessperson in the petrochemicals industry, who was CEO of the National Oil Corporation of Kenya (NOCK) from 2003 to 2008. In 2015, several major newspapers implicated her in a bribery scandal connected to the failed 2013 presidential campaign of Martha Karua, but a subsequent court case found these charges to be malicious and false. As of 2018, she works as a consultant and leadership coach.
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Peter Amollo Odhiambo
- Occupations
- surgeonscientist
- Biography
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Peter Amollo Odhiambo is a Kenyan consultant thoracic and cardiovascular surgeon. He is Kenya's first cardiothoracic surgeon and a professor of thoracic and cardiovascular surgery at the University of Nairobi. He is a founder and former chairman of the Kenya Cardiac Society, and a former president of the Pan African Society of Cardiology. Odhiambo is the chairman of the Kenya Tobacco Control Board. He is also the founder and editor of Medicom, the African Journal of Hospital Medicine.
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Philo Ikonya
- Occupations
- writeracademicjournalistpolitical activist
- Biography
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Philo Ikonya is a writer, journalist and human rights activist from Kenya. Her articles and books often cover the current political situation in Kenya. She was the president of Kenya's branch of PEN, the international association of writers. After several arrests for her activism and a severe beating in 2009 while in police custody, she left Kenya in political exile.
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Kimani Njogu
- Years
- 1953-.. (age 72)
- Occupations
- writerlinguistacademic
- Biography
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Dr. Kimani Njogu is a Kenyan linguist known for his study of and advocacy for the Kiswahili language.
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Peter Mahamudu Msolla
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Peter Mahamudu Msolla is a Tanzanian CCM politician and Member of Parliament for Kilolo constituency since 2005.
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Joseph Manje
- Biography
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Joseph Wathigo Manje is a Kenyan politician, a teacher, and an entrepreneur, and currently the Member of Parliament for Kajiado North Constituency in Kajiado County. He is a member of the ruling Jubilee Party under President Uhuru Kenyatta. He previously served as a Commissioner at the Teachers Service Commission (TSC) as well as the Electoral Commission of Kenya's (ECK) South Rift Presidential Election Zonal Coordinator. He also served as a teacher employed by Kenya's Teachers Service Commission. He has business interests in the leather and construction industries.
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Troy Onyango
- Occupations
- writer
- Biography
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Troy Onyango is a Kenyan writer, editor and lawyer. His work has appeared in journals and magazines including Prairie Schooner, Wasafiri, Caine Prize Anthology, Brittle Paper, and Transition Magazine issue 121, for which his short story "The Transfiguration" was nominated for the Pushcart Prize. His short story "For What Are Butterflies Without Their Wings" won the fiction prize for the inaugural Nyanza Literary Festival (NALIF) Prize.
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Ruth Oniang'o
- Years
- 1946-.. (age 79)
- Occupations
- academic
- Biography
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Ruth Khasaya Oniang'o is a Kenyan Professor of Nutrition and a former member of Parliament. She created Rural Outreach Africa (ROA) to empower smallholder farmers to reduce malnutrition, she oversaw her country's nutrition policy.
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Morris Ogenga Latigo
- Occupations
- academicpolitician
- Biography
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Morris Ogenga Latigo is a Ugandan professor of agriculture, Academic and politician of the Forum for Democratic Change who was the leader of opposition in the Ugandan Parliament from 2006 to 2010.
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Chebet Lesan
- Occupations
- businessperson
- Biography
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Chebet Lesan is a Kenyan climate activist and entrepreneur whose company BrightGreen creates charcoal briquettes from local waste materials, selling them through a network of women. Her awards include the Queen's Young Leader Award and a Mandela Washington Fellowship for Young African Leaders.
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Linda Kwamboka
- Occupations
- businesspersonchief executive officerlobbyist
- Biography
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Linet Kwamboka, is a Kenyan computer scientist and businesswoman, who is the founder and chief executive officer of DataScience Limited, an IT research company.
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Thomas Kariuki
- Occupations
- immunologist
- Biography
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Thomas M. Kariuki is a Kenyan biologist who is Chief Executive Officer of the Science for Africa Foundation. Kariuki previously served as the Director of Programmes for the Alliance for Accelerating Excellence in Science in Africa (AESA). He was the Director of the Institute of Primate Research/National Museums of Kenya, for seven years. Kariuki’s research interests have spanned the immunology of neglected infectious diseases and he has been involved in global efforts to develop vaccines, drugs and diagnostics for poverty-related diseases. He has published on vaccines and diagnostics development for schistosomiasis (Bilharzia), malaria and co-infections and on policy issues related to biomedical research and funding. He is a Fellow of the African Academy of Sciences (AAS), Senior Fellowship of the European Foundations Initiative for Neglected Tropical Diseases, Presidential honour of the Order of Grand Warrior of Kenya (OGW) for scientific leadership and public service, Honorary Professor of Research of the Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine, LSTM.
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Lucy Sawere Nkya
- Years
- 1952-.. (age 73)
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Lucy Sawere Nkya is a Tanzanian CCM politician and Member of Parliament for Morogoro South East constituency since 2010.
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Francis Kagwima
- Years
- 1952-.. (age 73)
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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H.E. Francis Nyamu Kagwima is a Kenyan politician, born in 1952. He is the second and incumbent Deputy Governor of Tharaka Nithi County in Kenya after having been cleared on a Jubilee Party ticket in the Kenyan election as Onesmus Muthomi Njuki's running mate. Before being elected the Deputy Governor, he served as the Member of Parliament for Tharaka Constituency from 1988 to 1997 and was re-elected for the 2002-2007 term.
