Munyua Waiyaki
Dr. Fredrick Lawrence Munyua Waiyaki (12 December 1926 – 25 April 2017) was a Kenyan politician. He was a minister for Agriculture, Minister of Foreign Affairs[1] and a former member of parliament for the Kasarani Constituency. He was born in Nairobi, Kenya. In 1963, he was appointed Parliamentary secretary [2]
In the 1960s. he was offered a job by the Kenyan government to work as a medical doctor a position he served for less than a year since he retired and decided against to set up his own clinic in Kenya. At the same time, he started becoming active in politics since he served as the District chairman for Kenya African National Union (KANU) for the period of 1960-1968.
In 1962 he challenged Tom Mboya for the Nairobi East parliament seat but he lost by 2668 votes to 31407. He entered into parliament for the first time in May 1963 as a member of parliament for North Eastern Nairobi (now Kasarani) and he also became the permanent secretary for the ministry of health and housing.
Waiyaki died on 25 April 2017 at a hospital in Nairobi from pneumonia, aged 90.[3]
References
change- ↑ "SM Otieno's burial saga helped liberate Luo widow". 4 July 2020.
- ↑ Kenya Gazette. 11 June 1963. p. 643. Retrieved 5 January 2013.
- ↑ "Former minister Munyua Waiyaki dies at 91". Archived from the original on 2017-04-25. Retrieved 2017-04-26.
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