Eliud Mwamunga – Promoted Africanisation in trade and commerce

Listen Eliud Timothy Mwamunga was an astute politician in post-independent Kenya, navigating turbulent political waters to serve in the Cabinets of Presidents Kenyatta and Moi. He later co-founded the Democratic Party of Kenya (DP) that would play the initial role in catapulting Kibaki to become Kenya’s third President. A wealthy landowner in a constituency endowed […]

Mathews Joseph Ogutu – Tourism minister who spearheaded ban on game trophy trade

Listen Mathews Joseph Ogutu, the Minister for Tourism and Wildlife in President Jomo Kenyatta’s last Cabinet, was born in Uyundo Village, Sega, in Siaya District in 1931. He was an ordinary boy whose father, Julius Oduor, would later be appointed as an assistant chief. Even as Ogutu walked to Uyundo Primary School and later crossed […]

Wycliffe Oparanya – Vision 2030 champion

Listen With his unmistakable picture of calm and serenity even in stormy political meetings, Wycliffe Ambetsa Oparanya became President Mwai Kibaki’s alter ego in the tumultuous Government of National Unity formed after the disputed 2007 elections. In the days of performance contracting in government during the President’s final term, the now 64-year-old Governor of Kakamega […]