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Professor Filemona F. Indire | |
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| [[File:Hon. Professor Indire visiting a park in Illinois, USA.jpg|frameless|upright=1]] Professor Indire visits a park in Illinois, United States | |
| Born | 3 March 1930 |
| Died | 13 March 2025 (aged 95) Nairobi, Kenya |
| Occupation(s) | Teacher, academic, politician, diplomat, farmer, mentor, Quaker Leader |
| Spouse | Abigail Kageha (m. 1954) |
| Children | 7 |
| Academic background | |
| Education | Prince of Wales School (now Nairobi School) |
| Alma mater | Makerere University, Ball State Teachers College |
| Academic work | |
| Notable works | Secondary Level Teachers:Supply and Demand in Kenya,Davy Koech Commission |
| Ambassador of Kenya to the Soviet Union | |
| In office 1960s | |
| Nominated Member of Parliament,Ambassador | |
| In office 1983-1988 | |
Filemona F. Indire (3 March 1930 –13 March 2025) was a Kenyan politician who served as a nominated Member of the Parliament of Kenya between 1983 and 1988. He was also Kenya's ambassador to the Soviet Union in the 1960s,during Kenya's first president Jomo Kenyatta's tenure. After that,he served as a lecturer at the University of Nairobi.
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Indire was also an influential Quaker,having served as Chairman of the Friend's World Committee for Consultation Africa Section,a Quaker organization that worked to communicate between all parts of Quakerism in 1970s. [1] He was also the Chairman of the National Council for Science and Technology in Nairobi,Kenya. [2]