The Luhya are a bantu people and the second largest ethnic group in Kenya. The Luhya belong to the larger linguistic stock known as the Bantu. The Luhya are located in western Kenya and Uganda. They are divided into 20 culturally and linguistically united clans. Once known as the Bantu Kavirondo,multiple small tribes in North Nyanza came together under the new name Baluhya between 1950 and 1960.Bukusu is the largest luhya subtribe and account almost 50% of entire luhya population. They dominates other luhya small subtribes and they live in both Bungoma and Trans nzoia counties
Amos Wako is a former Attorney General of Kenya and the first senator for Busia County from 2013 to 2017. Wako won the senatorial seat after defeating former minister of finance Chris Okemo. He won the senator seat on an Orange Democratic Movement (ODM) being led by former Prime Minister Raila Odinga.
Forum for the Restoration of Democracy–Kenya (FORD–Kenya) is a Kenyan political party. The party has sat in the government of Kenya once,under the National Rainbow Coalition,from 2003 to 2007,having ended forty years of one party rule. In April 2022,the party joined the Kenya Kwanza coalition for the August 2022 elections,and is headed by Moses Wetangula,the current speaker of the National Assembly of Kenya
The Orange Democratic Movement (ODM) is a centre-left political party in Kenya. It is the successor of a grassroots people's movement which was formed during the 2005 Kenyan constitutional referendum campaign. This movement separated in August 2007 into the Orange Democratic Movement Party of Kenya and the Wiper Democratic Movement –Kenya.
The Wiper Democratic Movement–Kenya (WDM-K),formerly Orange Democratic Movement–Kenya (ODM–Kenya),is a political party in Kenya,which originated as a result of the 2005 Kenyan constitutional referendum. It is headed by Kalonzo Musyoka,who ran for president in 2007 and served as the vice-president in the Grand Coalition of Mwai Kibaki and Raila Odinga. He is now a member of the main opposition NASA.
Moses Francis Masika Wetang'ula,is the current Speaker of the National Assembly of Kenya,as well as leader of the FORD-Kenya party. He served in the government of Kenya as Minister for Foreign Affairs from 2008 to 2010 and from 2011 to 2012,and he was Minister for Trade from 2012 to 2013.
Cyrus Shakhalaga Khwa Jirongo,popularly Cyrus Jirongo,is a politician and a former Member of Parliament in Kenya. Between 1978 and 1981 he went to Mang'u High School. He became the chairman of AFC Leopards football club in 1991.
Ababu NamwambaE.G.H. is a Kenyan politician and Cabinet secretary for Youth Affairs,Sports and the Arts,having been appointed by President William Ruto. He is an international lawyer trained in Nairobi and Washington,DC. Since 2016 he has been the leader of the Labour Party of Kenya. Ababu is also the immediate Former Chief Administrative Secretary of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Kenya.
Amason Kingi Jeffah is a Kenyan politician currently serving as the Speaker of the Senate of Kenya. He is a member of the Pamoja African Alliance party,which he founded,and the Kenya Kwanza alliance. He served as the first governor of Kilifi County from 2013 to 2022,having been elected twice to the position.
Bonny Khalwale is a Kenyan politician,the current Senator for Kakamega County and a former medical doctor.
Lawrence Sifuna Sifuna is a Kenyan politician who was Member of Parliament for Bumula,the first MP of that constituency. He was first elected to the Kenyan Parliament on November 8,1979 in the then larger Bungoma South constituency. Sifuna was re-elected in 1983 too. He lost to a former North Eastern Provincial Commissioner Maurice Makhanu in the 1988 General Election after Bungoma South constituency was renamed Kanduyi. Sifuna recaptured the seat during the first multi-party General Election of 1992 on a Ford Asili ticket.
Timothy Wanyonyi Wetangula is a Kenyan lawyer and politician serving as a member of parliament representing Westlands Constituency. He was first elected as a councillor for the defunct Nairobi City Council in 2007 election,before being elected Westlands MP during 2013 elections and defended his seat in the 2017 and 2022 general elections held on 8 August 2017 and 9 August 2022 respectively. He is a half-brother to Moses Wetangula,the Speaker of the National Assembly of Kenya and former senator for Bungoma County. He is a member of the Orange Democratic Movement.
Johnson Arthur Sakaja is a Kenyan politician serving as the governor of Nairobi City County since 25 August 2022. Previously,he served as the Senator of Nairobi from 2017 to 2022,and as a nominated Member of the National Assembly from 2013 to 2017. He was nominated to Parliament by The National Alliance (TNA) party which was part of the ruling Jubilee Coalition. He was the National Chairman of The National Alliance (TNA) until 9 September 2016 when the party merged with 12 others to form the Jubilee Party.
Polycarp Igathe Kamau is a Kenyan businessman,politician and corporate executive,He acts as the Chief Commercial Officer in Equity Group Holdings. He had earlier served as the Vice President in charge of Sales and Marketing in Vivo Energy Africa. Before that,he had served as the Chief Commercial Officer of Equity Bank Kenya,between May 2018 and September 2018 when he was later promoted to the Managing director position.
General elections were held in Kenya on Tuesday,9 August 2022. Voters elected the president,governors,senators,members of the National Assembly,and members of county assemblies.
The United Democratic Alliance (UDA) is the current ruling political party in Kenya. Their slogan is "Kazi ni Kazi" and their symbol is a wheelbarrow. The party,initially called the Party of Development and Reforms,officially changed its name to UDA in December 2020. The party became notable in January 2021,and is allied with William Ruto,the President of Kenya.
Wanjiru Mbugua-Karani is a former Kenyan Tennis player and captain now serving as the Secretary-General of Tennis Kenya,Team Kenya CEO to the Paris 2024 Olympic Games,Vice President of Confederation of African Tennis,and President of Eastern Africa.
Azimio la Umoja–One Kenya Coalition Party,popularly referred as Azimio la Umoja,or simply Azimio,is a Kenyan political alliance and party headed by Raila Odinga. It is composed of the Orange Democratic Movement,the Jubilee Party,NARC–Kenya,KANU,and other parties. Former president Uhuru Kenyatta is the party's patron. The alliance fielded Odinga as its presidential candidate and Martha Karua as its deputy presidential candidate in the 2022 Kenyan election,which they lost.
Athanas Misiko Wafula Wamunyinyi is a Kenyan politician who is leader of the Democratic Action Party. He began his career in politics when he was elected as MP for Kanduyi Constituency in 1997. He was in his twenties at the time. Wamunyinyi was re-elected for the same seat in 2002. In the infamous 2007 elections he lost his seat but later re-emerged to serve another 2 consecutive terms from 2013 to 2022.
John Makali is a Kenyan politician from Ford-K who has been MP for Kanduyi Constituency since the 2022.
